Main Entry: Jer·e·mi·ah

Pronunciation: \-ˈmī-ə\

Function: noun

Etymology: Late Latin Jeremias, from Greek Hieremias, from Hebrew Yirmĕyāh

Date: 14th century

1 : a major Hebrew prophet of the seventh and sixth centuries b.c.
2 : person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future
3 : a prophetic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture — see bible table