Lexical Definition

‎יִרְמְיָה‎ Yirmᵉyâh (yir-meh-yaw') Jeremiah ^N:N-M-P
or יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirmᵉyâhûw (yirmeh-yaw'-hoo); from ‎רוּם‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah will rise

Jeremiah.

• § Jeremiah = "whom Jehovah has appointed"
• Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites

1) the major prophet, son of Hilkiah of the priestly family in Anathoth; author of the prophetic book bearing his name
2) a man of Libnah and father of Hamutal the wife of king Josiah
3) a Gadite who joined David at Ziklag
4) a Manassehite, one of the mighty men of valour of the Transjordanic half tribe of Manasseh
5) a Gadite and warrior of David
6) a warrior of David
7) a priest who joined Nehemiah in the covenant ceremony
8) a priest also in the time of Nehemiah; maybe same as 7
9) father of Jaazaniah the Rechabites

See Greek: Ἱερεμίας

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יִרְמְיָ֫ה(וּׅ‎₁₄₇ proper name, masculine (? ‎׳‎‎י‎ looseneth, that is, the womb ? compare Assyrian s±a kirimmas±a rummû, whose womb is loosened Dl^{HWB 623}); —

1.₁₃₆ prophet, son of Hilkiah, of priestly family in 'Anathôth: ‎יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ‎ Jer 1:1; Jer 1:11; Jer 29:27; Jer 36:1; Jer 36:4 (twice in verse) + 116 t. Jeremiah, + 2Chr 35:25; 2Chr 36:12; 2Chr 36:21; 2Chr 36:22 (‎הַנָּבִיא‎ ‎׳‎‎יר‎ Jer 21:2 + often); ‎יָה‎- Jer 27:1; Jer 28:5; Jer 28:6; Jer 28:10; Jer 28:11; Jer 28:12; Jer 28:15; Jer 29:1; Ezra 1:1; Dan 9:2 Ιερεμίας

2. ‎יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ‎, of Libnah, father of Josiah's wife, 2Kgs 23:31; 2Kgs 24:18 = Jer 52:1, Ἰερεμιας.

3. ‎יָ֫הוּ‎- Gadite, David's time 1Chr 12:13*, Ιερεμεια, ᵐ5^L Ιεραμαου. The following all ‎יָה‎-, ᵐ5 Ἰερεμία(ς), Ἰερμία(ς), etc.:

4. Manassite 1Chr 5:24.

5. Benjamite 1Chr 12:4.

6. Gadite 1Chr 12:10*.

7. a. priestly name: Neh 12:1; Neh 12:2.
b. Neh 10:3*, perhaps=Neh 12:34.

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