Jeremiah

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/

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• Rhymes: -aɪə

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.

• Yeremei, Jeremy

Jeremiah (plural Jeremiahs)

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

• jeremiad

• Jeremias
• Jeremy
• Jerry

• Cassandra

Jeremiah

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