Jeremias

Etymology

New Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. (biblical) New Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah.
   • 1611 King James Version of the Bible: Matthew 16:14:

     Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias; and others, Jeremias or one of the prophets.

2. A male given name, more common in the forms Jeremy and Jeremiah.

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. (biblical) Jeremiah; Jeremias.
2. A male given name.

Etymology

of biblical origin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeremiɑs/
• Hyphenation: Je‧re‧mi‧as

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. A male given name.

Etymology

variant of Jeremia

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. A male given name.

Alternative forms

• Hiē̆rē̆mī̆ās, Īē̆remīās

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from the Hebrew יִרְמְיָה‎.

Proper noun

Jērē̆mī̆ās m (genitive Jērē̆mī̆ae); first declension

1. A male given name — famously held by:
   1. (biblical) Jeremiah (major prophet of the Hebrew Bible)
2. (biblical, more fully “Liber Jeremiae”) (Book of) Jeremiah (book of the Old Testament)

References

• Jērĕmīas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Jērēmīās in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 868/1

Further reading

• Liber Jeremiae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

Etymology

variant of Jeremia

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. A male given name.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Jēremīas, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה‎.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʒe.ɾe.ˈmi.ɐs/

Proper noun

Jeremias m

1. (biblical) Jeremiah (a prophet)
2. (biblical) Jeremiah (book of the Old Testament)
3. A male given name, equivalent to English Jeremiah

Etymology

variant of Jeremia

Proper noun

Jeremias c (genitive Jeremias)

1. A male given name.