Jeremiah

Jeremiah

English

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Alternative forms

• Jer., Jerem. (abbreviations of the name of the book of the Bible)

Etymology

From Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה‎ (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
• Rhymes: -aɪə

Proper noun

Jeremiah

1. (Abrahamic religions) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Chronicles 35:25, column 1:

     And Ieremiah lamented for Ioſiah, and all the ſinging men and the ſinging women ſpake of Ioſiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Iſrael; and beholde, they are written in the Lamentations.

2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • 2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, . Cork University Press., →ISBN, page 8:

     The man whom you call Diarmaid when you speak Irish, a low, pernicious, un-Irish, detestable custom, begot by slavery, and propagated by cringing, and fostered by flunkeyism, forces you to call Jeremiah when you speak English, or as a concession, Darby.

Related terms

• Yeremei, Jeremy

Translations

biblical prophet

Afrikaans: Jeremia (af) Arabic: إِرْمِيَّا‎ m (ʾirmiyyā) Armenian: Երեմիա (hy) (Eremia) Old Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia) Basque: Jeremias (eu) Bengali: ইরমিয়া (irmiya) Breton: Yirmia (br) m Catalan: Jeremies m Cebuano: Jeremias Chinese: Cantonese: 耶利米 (je4 lei6 mai5) Hakka: 耶利米 (Yâ-li-mí) Mandarin: 耶利米 (zh) (Yélìmǐ) Min Dong: 耶利米 (Ià-lé-mī) Min Nan: 耶利米 (Iâ-lī-bí) Corsican: Ghjeremia (co) Czech: Jeremjáš m Danish: Jeremias Dutch: Jeremia (nl) m Estonian: Jeremija Faroese: Jeremia (fo) m Finnish: Jeremia (fi) French: Jérémie (fr) m Old French: Jeremias Georgian: იერემია (ieremia) German: Jeremia (de) m Greek: Ιερεμίας (el) m (Ieremías) Ancient: Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías) Greenlandic: Jeremia (kl) Hawaiian: Ieremia Hebrew: יִרְמְיָהוּ‎ (he) m (yirmayāhū) Hindi: यिर्मियाह m (yirmiyāh) Hungarian: Jeremiás (hu) Icelandic: Jeremía m Ido: Ieremias (io) Irish: Irimia (ga) m Italian: Geremia (it) m Japanese: エレミヤ (Eremiya) Kazakh: Еремия (Eremiä) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: یەرمیا‎ (yermya) Latin: Hieremias m Latvian: Jeremija (lv) m Lavukaleve: Jeremiah Limburgish: Jeremia Lithuanian: Jeremija m Maltese: Ġeremija m Manx: Jeremiah (gv) Maori: Heremaia (mi) Norwegian: Jeremias (no) m Persian: ارمیا‎ (Ermeyâ) Polish: Jeremiasz (pl) m Portuguese: Jeremias (pt) m Romanian: Ieremia (ro) m Russian: Иереми́я (ru) m (Ijeremíja) Scots: Jeremiah Scottish Gaelic: Ieremiah (gd) m Slovak: Jeremiáš m Slovene: Jeremija (sl) m Spanish: Jeremías (es) m Swahili: Yeremia (sw) Swedish: Jeremia (sv) m Tagalog: Jeremias (tl) m Tamil: எரேமியா (erēmiyā) Thai: เยเรมีย์ Ukrainian: Єремія m (Jeremija) Urdu: یرمیاہ‎ m (yirmiyāh) Waray-Waray: Jeremías Welsh: Jeremeia (cy) m West Frisian: Jeremia Zealandic: Jeremia

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Jeremia (af) Arabic: سِفْر إِرْمِيَّا‎ (sifr ʾirmiyyā) Armenian: Երեմիա (hy) (Eremia) Basque: Jeremias (eu) Bengali: যেরেমিয়া (ĵeremiya) Breton: Yirmia (br) m Catalan: Jeremies m Cebuano: Jeremias Chinese: Cantonese: 耶利米書, 耶利米书 (je4 lei6 mai5 syu1) Hakka: 耶利米書, 耶利米书 (Yâ-li-mí-sû) Mandarin: 耶利米書／耶利米书 (zh) (Yélìmǐ shū) Min Dong: 耶利米書, 耶利米书 (Ià-lé-mī-cṳ̆) Corsican: Ghjeremia (co) Czech: Jeremjáš m Danish: Jeremias Dutch: Jeremia (nl) Estonian: Jeremija raamat (et) Faroese: Jeremia (fo) m Finnish: Jeremia (fi) French: Jérémie (fr) m Georgian: იერემია (ieremia) German: Jeremia (de) m Greek: Ιερεμίας (el) (Ieremías) Ancient Greek: Ἰερεμίας m (Ieremías) Greenlandic: Jeremia (kl) Hawaiian: Ieremia Hebrew: ירמיה‎ (yeermia) Hindi: यिर्मयाह (yirmayāh) Hungarian: Jeremiás (hu) Icelandic: Jeremía m Ido: Ieremias (io) m Irish: Leabhar Irimia m, Irimia (ga) m Italian: Geremia (it) m Japanese: エレミヤ書 (Eremiya sho) Kannada: ಯೆರೆಮಿಯ (yeremiya) Kazakh: Еремия (Eremiä) Latin: Hieremias m, Ieremias (la) m Latvian: Jeremija (lv) m Lavukaleve: Jeremiah Limburgish: Jeremia Lithuanian: Jeremijo knyga (lt) f Macedonian: Еремија (Eremija) Malayalam: ജെറമിയായുടെ പുസ്തകം (jeṟamiyāyuṭe pustakaṃ) Maltese: Ktieb Ġeremija (mt) Manx: Jeremiah (gv) Maori: Heremaia (mi) Ngazidja Comorian: Yeremia Norwegian: Jeremia, Jeremias (no) Oriya: ଯିରିମିୟ ଭବିଷ୍ୟ‌ଦ୍‌ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ (jirimiyô bhôbiṣyô‌d‌bôktaṅkô pustôkô) Persian: کتاب ارمیا‎ (ketâb-e ermeyâ) Polish: Księga Jeremiasza f Portuguese: Jeremias (pt) m Punjabi: ਯਿਰਮਿਯਾਹ (yirmiyāh) Romanian: Ieremia (ro) m Russian: Иереми́я (ru) f (Ijeremíja) Scots: Jeremiah Scottish Gaelic: Ieremiah (gd) m Slovak: Jeremiáš m Slovene: Jeremija (sl) Spanish: Jeremías (es) m Swahili: Yeremia (sw) Swedish: Jeremia (sv) Tagalog: Jeremias (tl) m Tamil: எரேமியா (erēmiyā) Telugu: యిర్మీయా (yirmīyā) Waray-Waray: Jeremías Welsh: Jeremeia (cy) m West Frisian: Jeremia Urdu: یرمیاہ‎ m (yirmiyāh) Zealandic: Jeremia

male given name

Afrikaans: Jeremia (af) Arabic: إِرْمِيَّا‎ m (ʾirmiyyā) Armenian: Երեմիա (hy) (Eremia) Old Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia) Basque: Jeremias (eu) Bengali: ইরমিয়া (irmiya) Breton: Yirmia (br) m Cebuano: Jeremias Chinese: Min Dong: 耶利米 (Ià-lé-mī) Corsican: Ghjeremia (co) Czech: Jeremjáš m Danish: Jeremias Dutch: Jeremia (nl) m Estonian: Jeremija Faroese: Jeremia (fo) m Finnish: Jeremias (fi) French: Jérémie (fr) m Galician: Xeremías (gl) m Georgian: იერემია (ieremia) German: Jeremias m Greek: Ιερεμίας (el) (Ieremías) Ancient Greek: Ἰερεμίας m (Ieremías) Greenlandic: Jeremia (kl) Hawaiian: Ielemia Hungarian: Jeremiás (hu), (rare) Irimiás Icelandic: Jeremía m Ido: Ieremias (io) m Irish: Diarmaid m Italian: Geremia (it) m Japanese: エレミヤ Latin: Hieremias m Latvian: Jeremija (lv) m Lavukaleve: Jeremiah Limburgish: Jeremia Lithuanian: Jeremijas m Macedonian: Еремија (Eremija) Maltese: Ġeremija m Manx: Jeremiah (gv) Maori: Heremaia (mi) Norwegian: Jeremias (no) Polish: Jeremiasz (pl) m Portuguese: Jeremias (pt) m Romanian: Ieremia (ro) m Russian: Иереми́я (ru) m (Ijeremíja), Ерёма m (Jerjóma) Scots: Jeremiah Scottish Gaelic: Ieremiah (gd) m Slovak: Jeremiáš m Slovene: Jeremija (sl) m Spanish: Jeremías (es) m Swahili: Yeremia (sw) Swedish: Jeremias (sv) Tagalog: Jeremias (tl) m Waray-Waray: Jeremías Welsh: Jeremeia (cy) m West Frisian: Jeremia Zealandic: Jeremia

Noun

Jeremiah (plural Jeremiahs)

1. A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.

Derived terms

• jeremiad

Related terms

• Jeremias
• Jeremy
• Jerry

See also

• Cassandra

Interjection

Jeremiah

1. (UK) Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.