JEREMIAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jeremiah mean? 

• JEREMIAH (noun)
  The noun JEREMIAH has 2 senses:

1. (Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC)

2. a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah

  Familiarity information: JEREMIAH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JEREMIAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Book of Jeremiah; Jeremiah

Instance hypernyms:

book (a major division of a long written composition)

Holonyms ("Jeremiah" is a part of...):

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Nebiim; Prophets (the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)

 Context examples 

Listen to this: ‘Lost, on the 9th inst., Mr. Jeremiah Hayling, aged twenty-six, a hydraulic engineer. Left his lodgings at ten o’clock at night, and has not been heard of since. Was dressed in,’ etc., etc.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)