Jeremiah
[jer-uh-mahy-uh]
- a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
- a book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Jer.
- a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God is high.”
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Examples from the Web for jeremiah
Contemporary Examples
Among African Americans, the likes of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, or Jeremiah Wright cannot do it.
If she wants voters to believe and trust in her, she must court favor with the local pastor, Jeremiah.
The Good Wife’s Religion Politics: Voters Have No Faith in Alicia's AtheismRegina Lizik
November 24, 2014
Jeremiah has written numerous books and credited Small in at least two of them for his marketing genius.
How the Religious Right Scams Its Way Onto the New York Times Bestseller ListWarren Throckmorton
November 16, 2014
Can you imagine someone naming a street after Jeremiah in his own time?
One of them, Jeremiah McKay, 35, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Historical Examples
It may be feared that the letter met with the fate of Jeremiah's roll.
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward IICharlotte Mary Yonge
My husband, Jeremiah Flintwinch, can conquer even your mother.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
Jeremiah, the captain deserts the ship, but you and I will sink or float with it.'
Little DorritCharles Dickens
If she had had any doubt which was her own Jeremiah, it would have been resolved by his impatience.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
It seemed to her that she awoke after sleeping some hours, and found Jeremiah not yet abed.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
Jeremiah
- Old Testament
- a major prophet of Judah from about 626 to 587 bc
- the book containing his oracles
- a person who habitually prophesies doom or denounces contemporary society
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Word Origin and History for jeremiah
Jeremiah
masc. proper name, Old Testament prophet (see jeremiad) who flourished c.626-586 B.C.E., from Late Latin Jeremias, from Hebrew Yirmeyah, probably literally "may Jehovah exalt," but Klein suggests it also might be short for Yirmeyahu "the Lord casts, the Lord founds," and compares the first element in Jerusalem. The vernacular form in English was Jeremy.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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.
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Note
A “jeremiad” is any long lamentation or angry denunciation.
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