jeremiah
/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
name
A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
name
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
name
A surname.
noun
A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
Example Sentences
- "And Ieremiah lamented for Ioſiah, and all the ſinging men and the ſinging women ſpake of Ioſiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Iſrael; and beholde, they are written in the Lamentations."
- "The man whom you call Diarmaid when you speak Irish, a low, pernicious, un-Irish, detestable custom, begot by slavery, and propagated by cringing, and fostered by flunkeyism, forces you to call Jeremiah when you speak English, or as a concession, Darby."
- "“If people can trust in him to run the country, you should trust in somebody that did their time and want to reinstate themselves,” Jeremiah says. “Especially if your leader has got 30-something felonies and I just have one.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Hebrew הֵרִים (herím) Hebrew יהוה (YHWH) Hebrew ־יָהוּ (-yáhu) Biblical Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá)lbor. 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ἰερεμίας, יִרְמְיָה
Usage
- British usage