Jeremias

Jeremias

See also: Jeremías and Jeremiáš

English

Etymology

New Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. (biblical) New Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah.
   • 1611 King James Version of the Bible: Matthew 16:14:

     Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias; and others, Jeremias or one of the prophets.

2. A male given name, more common in the forms Jeremy and Jeremiah.

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Danish

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. (biblical) Jeremiah; Jeremias.
2. A male given name.

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Finnish

Etymology

of biblical origin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeremiɑs/, [ˈje̞re̞miɑs̠]
• Hyphenation: Je‧re‧mi‧as

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. A male given name.

Declension

Inflection of Jeremias (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative		Jeremias	Jeremiaat
genitive		Jeremiaan	Jeremiaiden Jeremiaitten
partitive		Jeremiasta	Jeremiaita
illative		Jeremiaaseen	Jeremiaisiin
		singular	plural
nominative		Jeremias	Jeremiaat
accusative	nom.	Jeremias	Jeremiaat
	gen.	Jeremiaan
genitive		Jeremiaan	Jeremiaiden Jeremiaitten
partitive		Jeremiasta	Jeremiaita
inessive		Jeremiaassa	Jeremiaissa
elative		Jeremiaasta	Jeremiaista
illative		Jeremiaaseen	Jeremiaisiin Jeremiaihinrare
adessive		Jeremiaalla	Jeremiailla
ablative		Jeremiaalta	Jeremiailta
allative		Jeremiaalle	Jeremiaille
essive		Jeremiaana	Jeremiaina
translative		Jeremiaaksi	Jeremiaiksi
instructive		—	Jeremiain
abessive		Jeremiaatta	Jeremiaitta
comitative		—	Jeremiaineen

Inflection of Jeremias (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		Jeremias	Jeremiakset
genitive		Jeremiaksen	Jeremiasten Jeremiaksien
partitive		Jeremiasta	Jeremiaksia
illative		Jeremiakseen	Jeremiaksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		Jeremias	Jeremiakset
accusative	nom.	Jeremias	Jeremiakset
	gen.	Jeremiaksen
genitive		Jeremiaksen	Jeremiasten Jeremiaksien
partitive		Jeremiasta	Jeremiaksia
inessive		Jeremiaksessa	Jeremiaksissa
elative		Jeremiaksesta	Jeremiaksista
illative		Jeremiakseen	Jeremiaksiin
adessive		Jeremiaksella	Jeremiaksilla
ablative		Jeremiakselta	Jeremiaksilta
allative		Jeremiakselle	Jeremiaksille
essive		Jeremiaksena	Jeremiaksina
translative		Jeremiakseksi	Jeremiaksiksi
instructive		—	Jeremiaksin
abessive		Jeremiaksetta	Jeremiaksitta
comitative		—	Jeremiaksineen

Related terms

• (modern biblical form) Jeremia
• (given names) Jarkko, Jarmo, Jarno, Jere, Jorma

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German

Etymology

variant of Jeremia

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. A male given name.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Hiē̆rē̆mī̆ās, Īē̆remīās

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from the Hebrew יִרְמְיָה‎.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /jeːˈre.mi.aːs/, [jeːˈrɛ.mi.aːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jeˈre.mi.as/, [jeˈreː.mi.as]

Proper noun

Jērē̆mī̆ās m (genitive Jērē̆mī̆ae); first declension

1. A male given name — famously held by:
   1. (biblical) Jeremiah (major prophet of the Hebrew Bible)
2. (biblical, more fully “Liber Jeremiae”) (Book of) Jeremiah (book of the Old Testament)

Declension

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ās.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Jērē̆mī̆ās
Genitive	Jērē̆mī̆ae
Dative	Jērē̆mī̆ae
Accusative	Jērē̆mī̆ān
Ablative	Jērē̆mī̆ā
Vocative	Jērē̆mī̆ā

References

• Jērĕmīas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Jērēmīās in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 868/1

Further reading

• Liber Jeremiae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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Norwegian

Etymology

variant of Jeremia

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. A male given name.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Jēremīas, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה‎.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʒe.ɾe.ˈmi.ɐs/

Proper noun

Jeremias m

1. (biblical) Jeremiah (a prophet)
2. (biblical) Jeremiah (book of the Old Testament)
3. A male given name, equivalent to English Jeremiah

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Swedish

Etymology

variant of Jeremia

Proper noun

Jeremias c (genitive Jeremias)

1. A male given name.