Yᵉrêmay — H3413

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jeremai, an Israelite

1. Jeremai = "my exaltations"
2. a descendant of Hashum who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra and was compelled to put her away

Usually translated as

Jeremai

Origin

from H7311; elevated

• Derived from Rûwm (H7311)

Occurrences

Yᵉrêmay occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2), Ezra (1)

• Judges 1:10 — And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
• Judges 10:11 — And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
• Ezra 10:33 — Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai (יְרֵמַ֥י), Manasseh, and Shimei.