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Jeremiah

intj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
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  • rhymes with -aɪə
  • CMU ARPABET: JH EH2 R AH0 M AY1 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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2

name

Meaning 2

An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

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3

name

Meaning 3

A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

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4

name

Meaning 4

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

A surname.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Book of Jeremiah

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: book

8

noun

Meaning 8

(Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: prophet

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הֵרִים Biblical Hebrew ־יהו Biblical Hebrew ירמיהlbor. Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías)lbor. Latin Jērē̆mī̆āslbor. English Jeremiah Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.

Across languages

Translations

228 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Jeremia — biblical prophet
  • Arabic: إِرْمِيَا (ʔirmiyā) — biblical prophet
  • Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia) — biblical prophet
  • Old Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia) — biblical prophet
  • Asturian: Xeremíes — biblical prophet
  • Basque: Jeremias — biblical prophet
  • Bengali: ইরমিয়া (irmiya) — biblical prophet
  • Bengali: ইর্মিয়া (irmiẏa) — biblical prophet
  • Breton: Yirmia — biblical prophet
  • Catalan: Jeremies — biblical prophet
  • Cebuano: Jeremias — biblical prophet
  • Chichewa: Yeremiya — biblical prophet
  • Chinese Cantonese: 耶利米 — biblical prophet
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 耶利米 (Ià-lé-mī) — biblical prophet
  • Hakka Chinese: 耶利米 (Yâ-li-mí) — biblical prophet
  • Chinese: 耶利米 (Iâ-lī-bí) — biblical prophet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耶利米 (Yélìmǐ) — biblical prophet
  • Corsican: Ghjeremia — biblical prophet
  • Czech: Jeremjáš — biblical prophet
  • Danish: Jeremias — biblical prophet
  • Dutch: Jeremia — biblical prophet
  • Estonian: Jeremija — biblical prophet
  • Faroese: Jeremia — biblical prophet
  • Finnish: Jeremia — biblical prophet
  • French: Jérémie — biblical prophet
  • Old French: Jeremias — biblical prophet
  • West-Frisian: Jeremia — biblical prophet
  • Georgian: იერემია (ieremia) — biblical prophet
  • German: Jeremia — biblical prophet
  • Greek: Ιερεμίας (Ieremías) — biblical prophet
  • Ancient Greek: Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías) — biblical prophet
  • Greenlandic: Jeremia — biblical prophet
  • Hawaiian: Ieremia — biblical prophet
  • Hebrew: יִרְמְיָהוּ (yirmyāhu) — biblical prophet
  • Hindi: यिर्मयाह (yirmayāh) — biblical prophet
  • Hungarian: Jeremiás — biblical prophet
  • Icelandic: Jeremía — biblical prophet
  • Ido: Ieremias — biblical prophet
  • Indonesian: Yeremia — biblical prophet
  • Irish: Irimia — biblical prophet
  • Italian: Geremia — biblical prophet
  • Japanese: エレミヤ (Eremiya) — biblical prophet
  • Kazakh: Еремия (Eremiä) — biblical prophet
  • Central Kurdish: یەرمیا (yermya) — biblical prophet
  • Latin: Hieremias — biblical prophet
  • Latvian: Jeremija — biblical prophet
  • Lavukaleve: Jeremiah — biblical prophet
  • Limburgish: Jeremia — biblical prophet
  • Lithuanian: Jerèmija — biblical prophet
  • Macedonian: Еремија (Eremija) — biblical prophet
  • Malay: Yeremia — biblical prophet
  • Maltese: Ġeremija — biblical prophet
  • Manx: Jeremiah — biblical prophet
  • Māori: Heremaia — biblical prophet
  • Norwegian: Jeremias — biblical prophet
  • Persian: ارمیا (ermiyâ) — biblical prophet
  • Polish: Jeremiasz — biblical prophet
  • Portuguese: Jeremias — biblical prophet
  • Romanian: Ieremia — biblical prophet
  • Russian: Иереми́я (Ijeremíja) — biblical prophet
  • Scots: Jeremiah — biblical prophet
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ieremiah — biblical prophet
  • Sicilian: Jirimìa — biblical prophet
  • Slovak: Jeremiáš — biblical prophet
  • Slovene: Jeremija — biblical prophet
  • Spanish: Jeremías — biblical prophet
  • Swahili: Yeremia — biblical prophet
  • Swedish: Jeremia — biblical prophet
  • Tagalog: Jeremias — biblical prophet
  • Tamil: எரேமியா (erēmiyā) — biblical prophet
  • Thai: เยเรมีย์ — biblical prophet
  • Tumbuka: Yeremiya — biblical prophet
  • Turkish: Yeremya — biblical prophet
  • Ottoman Turkish: ارمیا (irmiya) — biblical prophet
  • Ukrainian: Єремі́я (Jeremíja) — biblical prophet
  • Urdu: یرمیاہ (yirmiyāh) — biblical prophet
  • Waray-Waray: Jeremías — biblical prophet
  • Welsh: Jeremeia — biblical prophet
  • Zealandic: Jeremia — biblical prophet
  • Afrikaans: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Arabic: سِفْر إِرْمِيَّا (sifr ʔirmiyyā) — book of the Bible
  • Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia) — book of the Bible
  • Asturian: Xeremíes — book of the Bible
  • Basque: Jeremias — book of the Bible
  • Bengali: যেরেমিয়া (jeremiẏa) — book of the Bible
  • Breton: Yirmia — book of the Bible
  • Catalan: Jeremies — book of the Bible
  • Cebuano: Jeremias — book of the Bible
  • Chichewa: Yeremiya — book of the Bible
  • Chinese Cantonese: 耶利米書 /耶利米书 (je4 lei6 mai5 syu1) — book of the Bible
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 耶利米書 /耶利米书 (Ià-lé-mī-cṳ̆) — book of the Bible
  • Hakka Chinese: 耶利米書 /耶利米书 (Yâ-li-mí-sû) — book of the Bible
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耶利米書 /耶利米书 (Yélìmǐ shū) — book of the Bible
  • Ngazidja Comorian: Yeremia — book of the Bible
  • Corsican: Ghjeremia — book of the Bible
  • Czech: Jeremjáš — book of the Bible
  • Danish: Jeremias — book of the Bible
  • Dutch: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Esperanto: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Estonian: Jeremija raamat — book of the Bible
  • Faroese: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Finnish: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • French: Jérémie — book of the Bible
  • West-Frisian: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Georgian: იერემია (ieremia) — book of the Bible
  • German: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Greek: Ιερεμίας (Ieremías) — book of the Bible
  • Ancient Greek: Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías) — book of the Bible
  • Greenlandic: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Hawaiian: Ieremia — book of the Bible
  • Hebrew: ירמיה (yeermia) — book of the Bible
  • Hindi: यिर्मयाह (yirmayāh) — book of the Bible
  • Hungarian: Jeremiás — book of the Bible
  • Icelandic: Jeremía — book of the Bible
  • Ido: Ieremias — book of the Bible
  • Indonesian: Yeremia — book of the Bible
  • Irish: Leabhar Irimia — book of the Bible
  • Irish: Irimia — book of the Bible
  • Italian: Geremia — book of the Bible
  • Japanese: エレミヤ書 (Eremiya sho) — book of the Bible
  • Kannada: ಯೆರೆಮಿಯ (yeremiya) — book of the Bible
  • Kazakh: Еремия (Eremiä) — book of the Bible
  • Korean: 예레미야 (Yeremiya) — book of the Bible
  • Latin: Hieremias — book of the Bible
  • Latin: Ieremias — book of the Bible
  • Latvian: Jeremija — book of the Bible
  • Lavukaleve: Jeremiah — book of the Bible
  • Limburgish: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Lithuanian: Jerèmijo knygà — book of the Bible
  • Macedonian: Еремија (Eremija) — book of the Bible
  • Malay: Yeremia — book of the Bible
  • Malayalam: ജെറമിയായുടെ പുസ്തകം (jeṟamiyāyuṭe pustakaṁ) — book of the Bible
  • Maltese: Ktieb Ġeremija — book of the Bible
  • Manx: Jeremiah — book of the Bible
  • Māori: Heremaia — book of the Bible
  • Norwegian: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Norwegian: Jeremias — book of the Bible
  • Odia: ଯିରିମିୟ ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ (jirimiya bhabiṣyadbaktāṅka pustaka) — book of the Bible
  • Persian: کتاب ارمیا (ketâb-e ermiyâ) — book of the Bible
  • Polish: Jeremiasz — book of the Bible
  • Portuguese: Jeremias — book of the Bible
  • Punjabi: ਯਿਰਮਿਯਾਹ (yirmiyāh) — book of the Bible
  • Romanian: Ieremia — book of the Bible
  • Russian: Иереми́я (Ijeremíja) — book of the Bible
  • Scots: Jeremiah — book of the Bible
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ieremiah — book of the Bible
  • Slovak: Jeremiáš — book of the Bible
  • Slovene: Jeremija — book of the Bible
  • Spanish: Jeremías — book of the Bible
  • Swahili: Yeremia — book of the Bible
  • Swedish: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Tagalog: Jeremias — book of the Bible
  • Tamil: எரேமியா (erēmiyā) — book of the Bible
  • Telugu: యిర్మీయా (yirmīyā) — book of the Bible
  • Tumbuka: Yeremiya — book of the Bible
  • Turkish: Yeremya — book of the Bible
  • Ottoman Turkish: ارمیا (irmiya) — book of the Bible
  • Ukrainian: Єремі́я (Jeremíja) — book of the Bible
  • Urdu: یرمیاہ (yirmiyāh) — book of the Bible
  • Waray-Waray: Jeremías — book of the Bible
  • Welsh: Jeremeia — book of the Bible
  • Zealandic: Jeremia — book of the Bible
  • Afrikaans: Jeremia — male given name
  • Arabic: إِرْمِيَّا (ʔirmiyyā) — male given name
  • Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia) — male given name
  • Old Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia) — male given name
  • Asturian: Xeremíes — male given name
  • Basque: Jeremias — male given name
  • Bengali: ইরমিয়া (irmiya) — male given name
  • Breton: Yirmia — male given name
  • Cebuano: Jeremias — male given name
  • Chichewa: Yeremiya — male given name
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 耶利米 (Ià-lé-mī) — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傑里邁亞 /杰里迈亚 (Jiélǐmàiyà) — male given name
  • Corsican: Ghjeremia — male given name
  • Czech: Jeremjáš — male given name
  • Danish: Jeremias — male given name
  • Dutch: Jeremia — male given name
  • Estonian: Jeremija — male given name
  • Faroese: Jeremia — male given name
  • Finnish: Jeremias — male given name
  • French: Jérémie — male given name
  • West-Frisian: Jeremia — male given name
  • Galician: Xeremías — male given name
  • Georgian: იერემია (ieremia) — male given name
  • German: Jeremias — male given name
  • Greek: Ιερεμίας (Ieremías) — male given name
  • Ancient Greek: Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías) — male given name
  • Greenlandic: Jeremia — male given name
  • Hawaiian: Ielemia — male given name
  • Hindi: जेरेमाया (jeremāyā) — male given name
  • Hungarian: Jeremiás — male given name
  • Hungarian: Irimiás — male given name
  • Icelandic: Jeremía — male given name
  • Ido: Ieremias — male given name
  • Irish: Diarmaid — male given name
  • Italian: Geremia — male given name
  • Japanese: エレミヤ — male given name
  • Latin: Hieremias — male given name
  • Latvian: Jeremija — male given name
  • Lavukaleve: Jeremiah — male given name
  • Limburgish: Jeremia — male given name
  • Lithuanian: Jeremijas — male given name
  • Macedonian: Еремија (Eremija) — male given name
  • Maltese: Ġeremija — male given name
  • Manx: Jeremiah — male given name
  • Māori: Heremaia — male given name
  • Norwegian: Jeremias — male given name
  • Polish: Jeremiasz — male given name
  • Portuguese: Jeremias — male given name
  • Romanian: Ieremia — male given name
  • Russian: Иереми́я (Ijeremíja) — male given name
  • Russian: Ерёма (Jerjóma) — male given name
  • Scots: Jeremiah — male given name
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ieremiah — male given name
  • Slovak: Jeremiáš — male given name
  • Slovene: Jeremija — male given name
  • Spanish: Jeremías — male given name
  • Swahili: Yeremia — male given name
  • Swedish: Jeremias — male given name
  • Tagalog: Jeremias — male given name
  • Tumbuka: Yeremiya — male given name
  • Turkish: Yeremya — male given name
  • Ottoman Turkish: ارمیا (irmiya) — male given name
  • Ukrainian: Яре́ма (Jaréma) — male given name
  • Waray-Waray: Jeremías — male given name
  • Welsh: Jeremeia — male given name
  • Zealandic: Jeremia — male given name
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