Yirmᵉyâh — H3414

H3414 · Hebrew — ירמיה

Pronunciation: yir-meh-yaw'

Other spellings: Yirmᵉyâhûw יִרְמְיָהוּ

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites

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

Usually translated as

Jeremiah

Origin

or Yirmᵉyâhûw; from H7311 and H3050; Jah will rise

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yirmᵉyâh occurs 147 times in 133 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (4), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (4), Jeremiah (117), Daniel (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y