Jeremiah
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Jeremiah
- /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
Rhymes with -aɪə
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.
proper noun Jer. · Jerem.
- 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.
- A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
- 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.
- A surname.
noun Jeremiahs · Jer. · Jerem.
- A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
interjection Jer. · Jerem.
- Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: well, jeremy, jeremie, alarmist, cassandra, naysayer, defeatist, doomsayer, pessimist, cynic, miserabilist, lamenter, complainer, catastrophist, doom-monger, doomster
Translations
Every language
name biblical prophet
| Español | Jeremías |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | エレミヤ Eremiya |
| 中文 | 耶利米 Yélìmǐ |
| हिन्दी | यिर्मयाह yirmayāh |
| Kiswahili | Yeremia |
| Português | Jeremias |
| Français | Jérémie |
| Deutsch | Jeremia |
| Italiano | Geremia |
| Ελληνικά | Ιερεμίας Ieremías |
| Română | Ieremia |
| Русский | Иереми́я Ijeremíja |
| العربية | إِرْمِيَا ʔirmiyā |
| עברית | יִרְמְיָהוּ yirmyāhu |
name book of the Bible
| Español | Jeremías |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 예레미야 Yeremiya |
| 日本語 | エレミヤ書 Eremiya sho |
| 中文 | 耶利米書 /耶利米书 Yélìmǐ shū |
| हिन्दी | यिर्मयाह yirmayāh |
| Kiswahili | Yeremia |
| Português | Jeremias |
| Français | Jérémie |
| Deutsch | Jeremia |
| Italiano | Geremia |
| Ελληνικά | Ιερεμίας Ieremías |
| Română | Ieremia |
| Русский | Иереми́я Ijeremíja |
| العربية | سِفْر إِرْمِيَّا sifr ʔirmiyyā |
| עברית | ירמיה yeermia |
Talk about this word "Jeremiah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jeremiah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Jeremiah. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jeremiah "Jeremiah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jeremiah.Cite this
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title = {Jeremiah},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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