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Meaning of Jeremiah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə

Definitions

A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Equivalents

العربية أرميا إرميا سِفْر إِرْمِيَّا

Català Jeremies

Cymraeg Jeremeia

Dansk Jeremias

Deutsch Jeremia Jeremias

Ελληνικά Ιερεμίας

Español Jeremías

Suomi Jeremia Jeremias

Français Jeremiah Jérémie

Gaeilge Diarmaid

Galego Xeremías

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Ieremia

עברית ירמיה ירמיהו

हिन्दी यिर्मियाह

Հայերեն Երեմիա

Bahasa Indonesia Yeremia

Italiano Geremia

日本語エレミヤエレミヤ書

Қазақша Еремия

한국어 예레미야

Latina Hieremias Ieremias

Lietuvių Jeremijas Jeremijo knyga

Latviešu Jeremija

Nederlands Jeremia

Norsk Jeremia Jeremias

Polski Jeremiasz Jeremiaszowy Księga Jeremiasza

Português Jeremias

Română Ieremia

Русский Ерёма Иереми́я

Slovenčina Jeremiáš

Slovenščina Jeremija

Svenska Jeremia Jeremias

Kiswahili Yeremia

தமிழ் எரேமியா

Українська Ярема

اردو یرمیاہ

Tiếng Việt Giê-rê-mi-a

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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