Ἱερεμίας

See also: Ἰερεμίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.e.reˈmi.as/ → /i.e.reˈmi.as/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.e.reˈmi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.e.reˈmi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.e.reˈmi.as/

Proper noun

Ἱερεμίᾱς • (Hieremíās) m (genitive Ἱερεμίου); first declension

1. Jeremiah, the Hebrew prophet.
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 10.78

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἱερεμίᾱς; τοῦ Ἱερεμίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἱερεμίᾱς ho Hieremíās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἱερεμίου toû Hieremíou
Dative	τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ tôi Hieremíāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἱερεμίᾱν tòn Hieremíān
Vocative	Ἱερεμίᾱ Hieremíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιερεμίας (Ieremías)

Usage notes

Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías) is the variant found in more reliable manuscripts, and is considered to more likely be the authentic version.

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2408 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible