King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3414
Transliteration: Yirmeyah or Yirmeyahu
Phonetic Spelling: (yir-meh-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah loosens", the name of a number of Isr
Meaning: Jeremiah -- "Yah loosens", the name of a number of Israelites
Word Summary
Yirmeyah or Yirmeyahu: "Yah loosens", the name of a number of Isr
Original Word: יִרְמְיָהTransliteration: Yirmeyah or Yirmeyahu
Phonetic Spelling: (yir-meh-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah loosens", the name of a number of Isr
Meaning: Jeremiah -- "Yah loosens", the name of a number of Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Jeremiah Or Yirmyahuw {yir-meh-yaw'-hoo}; from ruwm and Yahh; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites -- Jeremiah.
see HEBREW ruwm
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3414. Yirmeyah
or Yirmeyahu יִרְמְיָ֫ה(וּׅ147 proper name, masculine (? ׳י looseneth, that is, the womb ? compare Assyrian s±a kirimmas±a rummû, whose womb is loosened DlHWB 623); —
1136 prophet, son of Hilkiah, of priestly family in 'Anathôth: יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ Jeremiah 1:1, 11; 29:27; 36:1, 4 (twice in verse) + 116 t. Jeremiah, + 2 Chronicles 35:25; 36:12, 21, 22 (׳יר הַנָּבִיא Jeremiah 21:2 + often); יָה- 27:1; 28:5-6, 10, 11, 12, 15; 29:1; Ezra 1:1; Daniel 9:2; Ιερεμίας
2 יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ, of Libnah, father of Josiah's wife, 2 Kings 23:31; 24:18 = Jeremiah 52:1, Ἰερεμιας.
3 יָ֫הוּ- Gadite, David's time 1 Chronicles 12:13, Ιερεμεια, ᵐ5L Ιεραμαου. The following all יָה-, ᵐ5 Ἰερεμία(ς), Ἰερμία(ς), etc.:
4 Manassite 1 Chronicles 5:24.
5 Benjamite 1 Chronicles 12:4.
6 Gadite 1 Chronicles 12:10.
7. a. priestly name: Nehemiah 12:1-2,.
b. Nehemiah 10:3, perhaps=12:34.