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Jer·e·mi·ah

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–noun

1.	a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.

2.	a book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Jer.

3.	a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God is high.”

—Related forms

Jer·e·mi·an, Jer·e·mi·an·ic

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Jer·e·mi·ah¹ Audio Help (jěr'ə-mī'ə) Pronunciation Key
A Hebrew prophet of the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.

[Late Latin Ieremiās, from Hebrew yirməyāhû, Yahweh has established : yirm, he has established; see rmy in Semitic roots + yāhû, Yahweh; see hwy in Semitic roots.]

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Jer·e·mi·ah² Audio Help (jěr'ə-mī'ə) Pronunciation Key
n. Abbr. Jer. or Je or Jr
See Table at Bible.

[After Jeremiah.]

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Jeremiah

masc. proper name, O.T. prophet (see jeremiad) who fl. c.626-586 B.C.E., from Heb. Yarimyah, lit. "may Jehovah exalt." Latinized as Jeremias; the vernacular form in Eng. was Jeremy.

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jeremiah
noun
1.	(Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC)
2.	a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah

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Jeremiah

A major Israelite prophet; also, a book of the Old Testament that chronicles his life and records his angry lamentations about the wickedness of his people.