Strong's H3414 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יִרְמְיָה (Yirmᵉyâh)

Pronunciation: yir-meh-yaw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Jeremiah = "whom Jehovah has appointed"

Derivation: or יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmᵉyâhûw); from רוּם (rûwm) [H7311] and יָהּ (Yâhh) [H3050]; Jah will rise;

Definition: Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites

KJV Renderings: Jeremiah.

Senses

1. the major prophet, son of Hilkiah of the priestly family in Anathoth; author of the prophetic book bearing his name
2. a man of Libnah and father of Hamutal the wife of king Josiah
3. a Gadite who joined David at Ziklag
4. a Manassehite, one of the mighty men of valour of the Transjordanic half tribe of Manasseh
5. a Gadite and warrior of David
6. a warrior of David
7. a priest who joined Nehemiah in the covenant ceremony
8. a priest also in the time of Nehemiah; maybe same as 7
9. father of Jaazaniah the Rechabites

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.