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Jeremiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name יִרְמְיָה

יִרְמְיָה

Yirmᵉyâh · pronounced yir-meh-yaw' · Strong's H3414 · a man

Jeremiah means Jah will rise.

Built from

רוּם rûwm (from, H7311) — to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

יָהּ Yâhh (and, H3050) — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or יִרְמְיָהוּ; from H7311 and H3050; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites.

First appearance

2Kgs 23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jeremiah

133 occurrences in 133 verses — 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Daniel

2Kgs 23:312Kgs 24:181Chr 5:241Chr 12:51Chr 12:111Chr 12:142Chr 35:252Chr 36:122Chr 36:212Chr 36:22Ezra 1:1Neh 10:3Neh 12:1Neh 12:12Neh 12:34Jer 1:1Jer 1:11Jer 7:1Jer 11:1Jer 14:1Jer 18:1Jer 18:18Jer 19:14Jer 20:1Jer 20:2Jer 20:3Jer 21:1Jer 21:3Jer 24:3Jer 25:1Jer 25:2Jer 25:13Jer 26:7Jer 26:8Jer 26:9Jer 26:12Jer 26:20Jer 26:24Jer 27:1Jer 28:5Jer 28:6Jer 28:10Jer 28:11Jer 28:12Jer 28:15Jer 29:1Jer 29:27Jer 29:29Jer 29:30Jer 30:1Jer 32:1Jer 32:2Jer 32:6Jer 32:26Jer 33:1Jer 33:19Jer 33:23Jer 34:1Jer 34:6Jer 34:8Jer 34:12Jer 35:1Jer 35:3Jer 35:12Jer 35:18Jer 36:1Jer 36:4Jer 36:5Jer 36:8Jer 36:10Jer 36:19Jer 36:26Jer 36:27Jer 36:32Jer 37:2Jer 37:3Jer 37:4Jer 37:6Jer 37:12Jer 37:13Jer 37:14Jer 37:15Jer 37:16Jer 37:17Jer 37:18Jer 37:21Jer 38:1Jer 38:6Jer 38:7Jer 38:9Jer 38:10Jer 38:11Jer 38:12Jer 38:13Jer 38:14Jer 38:15Jer 38:16Jer 38:17Jer 38:19Jer 38:20Jer 38:24Jer 38:27Jer 38:28Jer 39:11Jer 39:14Jer 39:15Jer 40:1Jer 40:2Jer 40:6Jer 42:2Jer 42:4Jer 42:5Jer 42:7Jer 43:1Jer 43:2Jer 43:6Jer 43:8Jer 44:1Jer 44:15Jer 44:20Jer 44:24Jer 45:1Jer 46:1Jer 46:13Jer 47:1Jer 49:34Jer 50:1Jer 51:59Jer 51:60Jer 51:61Jer 51:64Jer 52:1Dan 9:2

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