Jeremiah,

5 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Jeremiah
       n 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 [syn: {Book of Jeremiah}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "Jeremiah":
     Abraham, Amos, Cassandra, Daniel, Ezekiel, Haggai, Hosea, Isaac,
     Isaiah, Jacob, Joel, Jonah, Joseph, Joshua, Malachi, Micah, Moses,
     Nahum, Samuel, Zephaniah, admonisher, cautioner, flagman,
     lighthouse keeper, lookout, lookout man, monitor, prophet,
     prophet of doom, sentinel, sentry, signaler, signalman,
     vates sacer, warner
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jeremiah
     raised up or appointed by Jehovah. (1.) A Gadite who joined
     David in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:10).
     
       (2.) A Gadite warrior (1 Chr. 12:13).
     
       (3.) A Benjamite slinger who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr.
     12:4).
     
       (4.) One of the chiefs of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of
     Jordan (1 Chr. 5:24).
     
       (5.) The father of Hamutal (2 Kings 23:31), the wife of
     Josiah.
     
       (6.) One of the "greater prophets" of the Old Testament, son
     of Hilkiah (q.v.), a priest of Anathoth (Jer. 1:1; 32:6). He was
     called to the prophetical office when still young (1:6), in the
     thirteenth year of Josiah (B.C. 628). He left his native place,
     and went to reside in Jerusalem, where he greatly assisted
     Josiah in his work of reformation (2 Kings 23:1-25). The death
     of this pious king was bewailed by the prophet as a national
     calamity (2 Chr. 35:25).
     
       During the three years of the reign of Jehoahaz we find no
     reference to Jeremiah, but in the beginning of the reign of
     Jehoiakim the enmity of the people against him broke out in
     bitter persecution, and he was placed apparently under restraint
     (Jer. 36:5). In the fourth year of Jehoiakim he was commanded to
     write the predictions given to him, and to read them to the
     people on the fast-day. This was done by Baruch his servant in
     his stead, and produced much public excitement. The roll was
     read to the king. In his recklessness he seized the roll, and
     cut it to pieces, and cast it into the fire, and ordered both
     Baruch and Jeremiah to be apprehended. Jeremiah procured another
     roll, and wrote in it the words of the roll the king had
     destroyed, and "many like words" besides (Jer. 36:32).
     
       He remained in Jerusalem, uttering from time to time his words
     of warning, but without effect. He was there when Nebuchadnezzar
     besieged the city (Jer. 37:4, 5), B.C. 589. The rumour of the
     approach of the Egyptians to aid the Jews in this crisis induced
     the Chaldeans to withdraw and return to their own land. This,
     however, was only for a time. The prophet, in answer to his
     prayer, received a message from God announcing that the
     Chaldeans would come again and take the city, and burn it with
     fire (37:7, 8). The princes, in their anger at such a message by
     Jeremiah, cast him into prison (37:15-38:13). He was still in
     confinement when the city was taken (B.C. 588). The Chaldeans
     released him, and showed him great kindness, allowing him to
     choose the place of his residence. He accordingly went to Mizpah
     with Gedaliah, who had been made governor of Judea. Johanan
     succeeded Gedaliah, and refusing to listen to Jeremiah's
     counsels, went down into Egypt, taking Jeremiah and Baruch with
     him (Jer. 43:6). There probably the prophet spent the remainder
     of his life, in vain seeking still to turn the people to the
     Lord, from whom they had so long revolted (44). He lived till
     the reign of Evil-Merodach, son of Nebuchadnezzar, and must have
     been about ninety years of age at his death. We have no
     authentic record of his death. He may have died at Tahpanhes,
     or, according to a tradition, may have gone to Babylon with the
     army of Nebuchadnezzar; but of this there is nothing certain.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Jeremiah, exaltation of the Lord
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Jeremiah, KY
    Zip code(s): 41826