English

Alternative forms

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

Proper noun

Jeremiah

1. (Abrahamic religions) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
3. A male given name of biblical origin.

Quotations

• 1611, Bible (KJV), Chronicles-Chapter-35/#25 2 Chronicles 35:25::

  And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

• 2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader. Cork University Press. ISBN 1859182585, 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.

Related terms

• Yeremei, Jeremy

Translations

Noun

Jeremiah ‎(plural Jeremiahs)

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

Derived terms

• jeremiad

Related terms

• Jeremias
• Jeremy
• Jerry

See also

• Cassandra

Interjection

Jeremiah

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