yirmᵊyāhū יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ ‘Jeremiah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from rūm רוּם ‘to exalt / be rotten’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots:
רום
יה
yirmᵊyāhū pr n m pers
Jeremiah = "whom Jehovah has appointed"
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
Mentioned in 2 Kings 24:18, 23:31 Jeremiah 35:18, 18:18, 38:9, 38:11, 26:20, 32:2, 29:29, 36:10, 40:1, 35:3, 51:60, 52:1, 26:24, 39:14, 40:6, 43:6, 28:12, 34:8, 36:27, 36:32, 44:15, 26:9, 37:14, 38:6, 36:19, 38:7, 38:10, 38:16, 38:24, 43:2, 24:3, 38:14, 1:11, 7:1, 11:1, 14:1, 18:1, 19:14, 20:3, 21:1, 21:3, 25:2, 26:8, 26:12, 27:1, 28:5, 28:6, 28:15, 29:1, 29:30, 30:1, 32:1, 32:6, 32:26, 33:1, 33:19, 33:23, 34:1, 34:6, 34:12, 35:1, 35:12, 36:1, 36:4, 37:2, 37:3, 37:6, 37:13, 37:16, 37:18, 38:1, 38:12, 38:15, 38:17, 38:19, 38:20, 38:27, 39:15, 40:2, 42:2, 42:4, 42:5, 42:7, 43:1, 43:8, 44:1, 44:20, 44:24, 45:1, 46:1, 46:13, 47:1, 49:34, 50:1, 51:61, 20:1, 26:7, 28:11, 36:5, 37:17, 39:11, 51:64, 37:15, 37:21, 1:1, 25:13, 37:12, 20:2, 25:1, 36:8, 38:28, 51:59, 28:10, 36:26, 37:4, 38:13, 29:27 Daniel 9:2 Ezra 1:1 Nehemiah 12:12, 12:1, 12:34, 10:3 1 Chronicles 5:24, 12:5, 12:11, 12:14 2 Chronicles 36:22, 36:12, 35:25, 36:21