Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἱερεμίας ‎(Hieremías)

Proper noun

Ἰερεμίᾱς • ‎(Ieremíās) m ‎(genitive Ἰερεμίου); first declension

1. Jeremiah, the Hebrew prophet.

Inflection

Derived terms

• Θρῆνοι Ἰερεμίου ‎(Thrênoi Ieremíou)

Descendants

• Greek: Ιερεμίας ‎(Ieremías)
• Latin: Jeremias
• Old Armenian: Երեմիա ‎(Eremia)
  • Armenian: Երեմիա ‎(Eremia)

Usage notes

Ἰερεμίας is the variant found in more reliable manuscripts, and is considered to more likely be the authentic version.

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G2408”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979