Jeremiah

American  

[jer-uh-mahy-uh] / ˌdʒɛr əˈmaɪ ə /

noun

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

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

3. a male given name.

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Jeremiah British  

/ ˌdʒɛrɪˈmaɪə /

noun

1. Old Testament

   1. a major prophet of Judah from about 626 to 587 _bc

   2. the book containing his oracles

2. a person who habitually prophesies doom or denounces contemporary society

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Jeremiah Cultural  

1. 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.

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A “jeremiad” is any long lamentation or angry denunciation.

Other Word Forms

• Jeremian
  adjective
• Jeremianic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Jeremiah

From Late Latin Jeremias, Hieremias, from Greek Hieremíās, from Hebrew Yirmĕyāh(ū) “God is high; God will exalt”

Example Sentences

Few revisions are as wild or expansive as Thomas Pynchon’s epic deconstruction of the lives of the 18th-century surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, who laid out the markers that would divide North and South.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

“When we bring this massive amount of electricity demand to the grid, and there’s a couple ways the grid can respond,” Jeremiah Johnson, an environmental researcher at North Carolina State University, said.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

Millions were gripped by the show's love triangle plot between Isabel 'Belly' Conklin, played by Lola Tung, and brothers Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher, played by Christopher Briney and Gavin Casalegno.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele must recall the Pacific Island nation's parliament to face a vote of no confidence, an appeal court ruled on Friday.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

On that first day of tryouts, Jeremiah played with all of the joyful abandon you might expect of an eight-year-old who had been stuck inside a dark two-bedroom apartment for months.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John