יִרְמְיָה

Strong’s Definition

Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or יִרְמְיָהוּ; from H7311 (רוּם) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah will rise;

KJV Usage

Jeremiah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yirmᵉyâh; Pronunciation: yir-meh-yaw'