Jeremiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE
jer-e-mi'-a ((a) yirmeyahu, or (b) shorter form, yirmeyah,
both differently explained as "Yah establishes (so
Giesebrecht), whom Yahweh casts," i.e. possibly, as Gesenius
suggests, "appoints" (A. B. Davidson in HDB, II, 569a), and
"Yahweh looseneth" (the womb); see BDB): The form (b) is
used of Jeremiah the prophet only in Jer 27:1;
28:5,6,10,11,12b,15; 29:1; Ezr 1:1; Dan 9:2, while the other
is found 116 times in Jeremiah alone. In 1 Esdras
1:28,32,47,57; 2 Esdras 2:18, English Versions of the Bible
has "Jeremy," so the King James Version in 2 Macc 2:1,5,7;
Mt 2:17; 27:9; in Mt 16:14, the King James Version has
"Jeremias," but the Revised Version (British and American)
in 2 Maccabees and Matthew has "Jeremiah."
(1) The prophet. See special article. Of the following, (2),
(3) and (4) have form (a) above; the others the form (b).
(2) Father of Hamutal (Hamital), the mother of King Jehoahaz
and King Jehoiakim (2 Ki 23:31; 24:18 parallel Jer 52:1).
(3) A Rechabite (Jer 35:3).
(4) In 1 Ch 12:13 (Hebrew 14), a Gadite.
(5) In 1 Ch 12:10 (Hebrew 11), a Gadite.
(6) In 1 Ch 12:4 (Hebrew 5), a Benjamite(?) or Judean. (4),
(5) and (6) all joined David at Ziklag.
(7) Head of a Manassite family (1 Ch 5:24).
(8) A priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh
10:2), probably the same as he of 12:34 who took part in the
procession at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem.
(9) A priest who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel from
exile and became head of a priestly family of that name (Neh
12:1).
David Francis Roberts
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