Jeremiah

Meanings

Proper Noun

• 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.

Noun

• A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.

Interjection

• Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.

Origin

• From Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας, from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה ("Jeremiah").