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Jeremiah

/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/

Jeremiah proper noun: an ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.

Proper noun

Jeremiah

  1. An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
    • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 35:25, column 1
  2. A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
    • 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.2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, . Cork University Press., →ISBN, page 8
    • “If people can trust in him to run the country, you should trust in somebody that did their time and want to reinstate themselves,” Jeremiah says. “Especially if your leader has got 30-something felonies and I just have one.”2024 December 15, Kaan Ozcan and Sabrina Clay, “These convicted felons say if Trump can be elected president they shouldn’t face a stigma when applying for jobs”, in CNN, archived from the original...
  4. A surname.

Noun

Jeremiah (plural Jeremiahs)

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

Interjection

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

Jeremiah meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Jeremiah in Hindi

biblical prophet
यिर्मयाह yirmayāh
book of the Bible
यिर्मयाह yirmayāh
male given name
जेरेमाया jeremāyā

Jeremiah in Tamil

biblical prophet
எரேமியா erēmiyā
book of the Bible
எரேமியா erēmiyā

Jeremiah in Urdu

biblical prophet
یرمیاہ yirmiyāh
book of the Bible
یرمیاہ yirmiyāh

Jeremiah in Bengali

biblical prophet
ইরমিয়া irmiya, ইর্মিয়া irmiẏa
book of the Bible
যেরেমিয়া jeremiẏa
male given name
ইরমিয়া irmiya
More languagesFewer languages
Jeremiah in Telugu
యిర్మీయా yirmīyā
Jeremiah in Malayalam
ജെറമിയായുടെ പുസ്തകം jeṟamiyāyuṭe pustakaṁ
Jeremiah in Kannada
ಯೆರೆಮಿಯ yeremiya
Jeremiah in Punjabi
ਯਿਰਮਿਯਾਹ yirmiyāh
Jeremiah in Odia
ଯିରିମିୟ ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ jirimiya bhabiṣyadbaktāṅka pustaka
Jeremiah in Tagalog
Jeremias
Jeremiah in Arabic
إِرْمِيَا ʔirmiyā, سِفْر إِرْمِيَّا sifr ʔirmiyyā, إِرْمِيَّا ʔirmiyyā
Jeremiah in Malay
Yeremia
Jeremiah in Indonesian
Yeremia
Jeremiah in Persian
ارمیا ermiyâ, کتاب ارمیا ketâb-e ermiyâ
Jeremiah in Thai
เยเรมีย์

Forms of Jeremiah

Proper noun
alternative abbreviationJer.
alternative abbreviationJerem.
Noun
pluralJeremiahs

Origin of Jeremiah

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

Words formed from Jeremiah

Words that rhyme with Jeremiah

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Questions about Jeremiah

What does Jeremiah mean?
Jeremiah means an ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
What is Jeremiah in Hindi?
Jeremiah in Hindi is यिर्मयाह (yirmayāh), जेरेमाया (jeremāyā). See Jeremiah meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Jeremiah?
Jeremiah can be a proper noun, a noun or an interjection.
How do you pronounce Jeremiah?
Jeremiah is pronounced /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/.

Words near Jeremiah in the dictionary

  1. jeremejeffite
  2. jeremejevite
  3. jeremejewite
  4. jeremiad
  5. jeremiads
  6. Jeremiah
  7. Jeremiahs
  8. Jeremian
  9. Jeremianic
  10. Jeremias
  11. Jeremiasz

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