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/

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• 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, 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.

Derived terms

• Epistle of Jeremiah
• Letter of Jeremiah

 

Related terms

• Yeremei, Jeremy

Translations

biblical prophet

• Afrikaans: Jeremia (af)
• Arabic: إِرْمِيَّا m (ʔirmiyyā)
• Armenian: Երեմիա (hy) (Eremia)

  Old Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia)

• Asturian: Xeremíes (ast)
• Basque: Jeremias (eu)
• Bengali: ইরমিয়া (irmiya)
• Breton: Yirmia (br) m
• Catalan: Jeremies m
• Cebuano: Jeremias
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 耶利米 (je⁴ lei⁶ mai⁵)

  Eastern Min: 耶利米 (Ià-lé-mī)

  Hakka: 耶利米 (Yâ-li-mí)

  Hokkien: 耶利米 (Iâ-lī-bí)

  Mandarin: 耶利米 (zh) (Yélìmǐ)

• 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 (yirmyāhu)
• Hindi: यिर्मियाह m (yirmiyāh)
• Hungarian: Jeremiás (hu)
• Icelandic: Jeremía m
• Ido: Ieremias (io)
• Indonesian: Yeremia
• 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: Jerèmija m
• Maltese: Ġeremija m
• Manx: Jeremiah (gv)
• Maori: Heremaia (mi)
• Norwegian: Jeremias (no) m
• Persian: ارمیا (ermiyâ)
• 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: Єремі́я m (Jeremíja)
• 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 ʔirmiyyā)
• Armenian: Երեմիա (hy) (Eremia)
• Asturian: Xeremíes (ast)
• Basque: Jeremias (eu)
• Bengali: যেরেমিয়া (jeremiẏa)
• Breton: Yirmia (br) m
• Catalan: Jeremies m
• Cebuano: Jeremias
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 耶利米書／耶利米书 (je⁴ lei⁶ mai⁵ syu¹)

  Eastern Min: 耶利米書／耶利米书 (Ià-lé-mī-cṳ̆)

  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)

• 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
• Indonesian: Yeremia
• 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: Jerèmijo knygà (lt) f
• Macedonian: Еремија (Eremija)
• Malayalam: ജെറമിയായുടെ പുസ്തകം (jeṟamiyāyuṭe pustakaṁ)
• Maltese: Ktieb Ġeremija (mt)
• Manx: Jeremiah (gv)
• Maori: Heremaia (mi)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Yeremia
• Norwegian: Jeremia, Jeremias (no)
• Odia: ଯିରିମିୟ ଭବିଷ୍ୟ‌ଦ୍‌ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ (jirimiyô bhôbiṣyô‌d‌bôktaṅkô pustôkô)
• Persian: کتاب ارمیا (ketâb-e ermiyâ)
• 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)
• Ukrainian: Єремі́я m (Jeremíja)
• Urdu: یرمیاہ m (yirmiyāh)
• Waray-Waray: Jeremías
• Welsh: Jeremeia (cy) m
• West Frisian: Jeremia
• Zealandic: Jeremia

male given name

• Afrikaans: Jeremia (af)
• Arabic: إِرْمِيَّا m (ʔirmiyyā)
• Armenian: Երեմիա (hy) (Eremia)

  Old Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia)

• Asturian: Xeremíes (ast)
• Basque: Jeremias (eu)
• Bengali: ইরমিয়া (irmiya)
• Breton: Yirmia (br) m
• Cebuano: Jeremias
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 耶利米 (Ià-lé-mī)

  Mandarin: 傑里邁亞／杰里迈亚 (Jiélǐmàiyà)

• 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
• Ukrainian: Яре́ма m (Jaréma)
• 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.