Jeremiah

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/

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• Rhymes: -aɪə

Jeremiah

2. (Abrahamism, biblical) 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.

4. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
5. 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.

   • 2024 December 15, 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”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 December 2024:

     “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.”

6. A surname.

• Yeremei, Jeremy

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jeremiah is the 17745^th 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.

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

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Jeremiah

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