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