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Jeremiah
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English
Book of Jeremiah
Alternative forms
en Jer. Jerem. abbreviations of the name of the book of the Bible
Etymology
en :lbor la:Jērē̆mī̆ās +
en la Jeremias, from en grc Ἰερεμίας, from en he יִרְמְיָה yirm'yá Jeremiah Yahweh exalt. en Jeremias.
Pronunciation
en /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
en En-us-Jeremiah.oga US
en aɪə 4
Proper noun
en Q158825en Abrahamism biblical character An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
2 Chronicles 35 25 578 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.
en Q131590en book of the bible A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
en male Hebrew of biblical origin.
en 2000 David Pierce Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader . Cork University Press. 1859182585 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.
en 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 w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/15/us/convicted-felons-jobs-trump-cec 2024-12-15 “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.” https://web.archive.org/web/20241217194451/https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/15/us/convicted-felons-jobs-trump-cec/
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Derived terms
en Epistle of Jeremiah Letter of Jeremiah
Related terms
en Yeremei, en Jeremy
Translations
biblical prophet
Afrikaans: af Jeremia
Arabic: ar إِرْمِيَا m
Armenian: hy Երեմիա
Old Armenian: xcl Երեմիա
Asturian: ast Xeremíes
Basque: eu Jeremias
Bengali: bn ইরমিয়া irmiya, bn ইর্মিয়া
Breton: br Yirmia m
Catalan: ca Jeremies m
Cebuano: ceb Jeremias
Chichewa: ny Yeremiya
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 耶利米 je4 lei6 mai5
Eastern Min: cdo 耶利米 Ià-lé-mī
Hakka: hak 耶利米 Yâ-li-mí
Hokkien: nan-hbl 耶利米 Iâ-lī-bí
Mandarin: cmn 耶利米 Yélìmǐ
Corsican: co Ghjeremia
Czech: cs Jeremjáš m
Danish: da Jeremias
Dutch: nl Jeremia m
Estonian: et Jeremija
Faroese: fo Jeremia m
Finnish: fi Jeremia
French: fr Jérémie m
Old French: fro Jeremias
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Jeremia
Georgian: ka იერემია
German: de Jeremia m
Greek: el Ιερεμίας m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰερεμίας
Greenlandic: kl Jeremia
Hawaiian: haw Ieremia
Hebrew: he יִרְמְיָהוּ m yirmyāhu
Hindi: hi यिर्मयाह m
Hungarian: hu Jeremiás
Icelandic: is Jeremía m
Ido: io Ieremias
Indonesian: id Yeremia
Irish: ga Irimia m
Italian: it Geremia m
Japanese: ja エレミヤ Eremiya
Judeo-Italian: itk יִרְמִיַהוּ Yirəmiyáhū
Kazakh: kk Еремия
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb یەرمیا
Latin: la Hieremias m
Latvian: lv Jeremija m
Lavukaleve: lvk Jeremiah
Limburgish: li Jeremia
Lithuanian: lt Jerèmija m
Macedonian: mk Еремија m
Malay: ms Yeremia
Maltese: mt Ġeremija m
Manx: gv Jeremiah
Māori: mi Heremaia
Norwegian: no Jeremias m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Иѥремиꙗ
Glagolitic: cu Ⰻⰵⱃⰵⰿⰻⱑ
Persian: fa ارمیا ermiyâ
Polish: pl Jeremiasz m
Portuguese: pt Jeremias m
Romanian: ro Ieremia m
Russian: ru Иереми́я m
Scots: sco Jeremiah
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ieremiah m
Sicilian: scn Jirimìa m
Slovak: sk Jeremiáš m
Slovene: sl Jeremija m
Spanish: es Jeremías m
Swahili: sw Yeremia
Swedish: sv Jeremia m
Tagalog: tl Jeremias m
Tamil: ta எரேமியா
Thai: th เยเรมีย์
Tumbuka: tum Yeremiya
Turkish: tr Yeremya
Ottoman Turkish: ota ارمیا irmiya
Ukrainian: uk Єремі́я m
Urdu: ur یرمیاہ m yirmiyāh
Waray-Waray: war Jeremías
Welsh: cy Jeremeia m
Zealandic: zea Jeremia
book of the Bible
Afrikaans: af Jeremia
Arabic: ar سِفْر إِرْمِيَّا
Armenian: hy Երեմիա
Asturian: ast Xeremíes
Basque: eu Jeremias
Bengali: bn যেরেমিয়া
Breton: br Yirmia m
Catalan: ca Jeremies m
Cebuano: ceb Jeremias
Chichewa: ny Yeremiya
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 耶利米書 je4 lei6 mai5 syu1
Eastern Min: cdo 耶利米書 Ià-lé-mī-cṳ̆
Hakka: hak 耶利米書 Yâ-li-mí-sû
Mandarin: cmn 耶利米書 Yélìmǐ shū
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Yeremia
Corsican: co Ghjeremia
Czech: cs Jeremjáš m
Danish: da Jeremias
Dutch: nl Jeremia
Esperanto: eo Jeremia
Estonian: et Jeremija raamat
Faroese: fo Jeremia m
Finnish: fi Jeremia
French: fr Jérémie m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Jeremia
Georgian: ka იერემია
German: de Jeremia m
Greek: el Ιερεμίας
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰερεμίας m
Greenlandic: kl Jeremia
Hawaiian: haw Ieremia
Hebrew: he ירמיה yeermia
Hindi: hi यिर्मयाह
Hungarian: hu Jeremiás
Icelandic: is Jeremía m
Ido: io Ieremias m
Indonesian: id Yeremia
Irish: ga Leabhar Irimia m, ga Irimia m
Italian: it Geremia m
Japanese: ja エレミヤ書 Eremiya sho
Kannada: kn ಯೆರೆಮಿಯ
Kazakh: kk Еремия
Korean: ko 예레미야 Yeremiya
Latin: la Hieremias m, la Ieremias m
Latvian: lv Jeremija m
Lavukaleve: lvk Jeremiah
Limburgish: li Jeremia
Lithuanian: lt Jerèmijo knygà f
Macedonian: mk Еремија
Malay: ms Yeremia
Malayalam: ml ജെറമിയായുടെ പുസ്തകം
Maltese: mt Ktieb Ġeremija
Manx: gv Jeremiah
Māori: mi Heremaia
Norwegian: no Jeremia, no Jeremias
Odia: or ଯିରିମିୟ ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ
Persian: fa کتاب ارمیا ketâb-e ermiyâ
Polish: pl Jeremiasz m
Portuguese: pt Jeremias m
Punjabi: pa ਯਿਰਮਿਯਾਹ
Romanian: ro Ieremia m
Russian: ru Иереми́я f
Scots: sco Jeremiah
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ieremiah m
Slovak: sk Jeremiáš m
Slovene: sl Jeremija
Spanish: es Jeremías m
Swahili: sw Yeremia
Swedish: sv Jeremia
Tagalog: tl Jeremias m
Tamil: ta எரேமியா
Telugu: te యిర్మీయా
Tumbuka: tum Yeremiya
Turkish: tr Yeremya
Ottoman Turkish: ota ارمیا irmiya
Ukrainian: uk Єремі́я m
Urdu: ur یرمیاہ m yirmiyāh
Waray-Waray: war Jeremías
Welsh: cy Jeremeia m
Zealandic: zea Jeremia
male given name
Afrikaans: af Jeremia
Arabic: ar إِرْمِيَّا m
Armenian: hy Երեմիա
Old Armenian: xcl Երեմիա
Asturian: ast Xeremíes
Basque: eu Jeremias
Bengali: bn ইরমিয়া irmiya
Breton: br Yirmia m
Cebuano: ceb Jeremias
Chichewa: ny Yeremiya
Chinese:
Eastern Min: cdo 耶利米 Ià-lé-mī
Mandarin: cmn 傑里邁亞 Jiélǐmàiyà
Corsican: co Ghjeremia
Czech: cs Jeremjáš m
Danish: da Jeremias
Dutch: nl Jeremia m
Estonian: et Jeremija
Faroese: fo Jeremia m
Finnish: fi Jeremias
French: fr Jérémie m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Jeremia
Galician: gl Xeremías m
Georgian: ka იერემია
German: de Jeremias m
Greek: el Ιερεμίας
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰερεμίας m
Greenlandic: kl Jeremia
Hawaiian: haw Ielemia
Hindi: hi जेरेमाया m
Hungarian: hu Jeremiás, rare hu Irimiás
Icelandic: is Jeremía m
Ido: io Ieremias m
Irish: ga Diarmaid m
Italian: it Geremia m
Japanese: ja エレミヤ
Latin: la Hieremias m
Latvian: lv Jeremija m
Lavukaleve: lvk Jeremiah
Limburgish: li Jeremia
Lithuanian: lt Jeremijas m
Macedonian: mk Еремија
Maltese: mt Ġeremija m
Manx: gv Jeremiah
Māori: mi Heremaia
Norwegian: no Jeremias
Polish: pl Jeremiasz m
Portuguese: pt Jeremias m
Romanian: ro Ieremia m
Russian: ru Иереми́я m, ru Ерёма m
Scots: sco Jeremiah
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ieremiah m
Slovak: sk Jeremiáš m
Slovene: sl Jeremija m
Spanish: es Jeremías m
Swahili: sw Yeremia
Swedish: sv Jeremias
Tagalog: tl Jeremias m
Tumbuka: tum Yeremiya
Turkish: tr Yeremya
Ottoman Turkish: ota ارمیا irmiya
Ukrainian: uk Яре́ма m
Waray-Waray: war Jeremías
Welsh: cy Jeremeia m
Zealandic: zea Jeremia
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Jeremiah is the 17745th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1579 individuals. Jeremiah is most common among White (46.3%) and Black/African-American (32.24%) individuals.
Noun
A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
Derived terms
en jeremiad
Related terms
en Jeremias
en Jeremy
en Jerry
See also
en Cassandra
Interjection
en UK Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.
en People