Jeremiah
Americannoun
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a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
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a book of the Bible bearing his name. Jer.
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a male given name.
noun
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Old Testament
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a major prophet of Judah from about 626 to 587 bc
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the book containing his oracles
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a person who habitually prophesies doom or denounces contemporary society
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A “jeremiad” is any long lamentation or angry denunciation.
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Etymology
Origin of Jeremiah
From Late Latin Jeremias, Hieremias, from Greek Hieremíās, from Hebrew Yirmĕyāh(ū) “God is high; God will exalt”
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Liberian Vice-President Jeremiah Koung praised the security forces for the operation and said whosoever was found culpable would "feel the full weight of the law, regardless of who you are".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
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
When Jeremiah arrived at the center, he joined twenty-two other boys on the small field behind the building.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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