Jeremiah
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
jer - ē̇ - mı̄´a (( a ) ירמיהוּ , yirmeyāhū , or ( b ) shorter form, ירמיה , yirmeyāh , both differently explained as "Yah establishes (so Giesebrext), whom Yahweh casts," i.e. possibly, as Gesenius suggests, "appoints" (A. B. Davidson in Hdb , II, 569 a ), and "Yahweh looseneth" (the womb); see Bdb ): The form ( b ) is used of Jeremiah the prophet only in Jeremiah 27:1; Jeremiah 28:5 , Jeremiah 28:6 , Jeremiah 28:10 , Jeremiah 28:11 , Jeremiah 28:12 , Jeremiah 28:15; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:1; Daniel 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; Matthew 2:17; Matthew 27:9; in Matthew 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 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18 parallel Jeremiah 52:1 ).
(3) A R echabite ( Jeremiah 35:3 ).
(4) In 1 Chronicles 12:13 (Hebrew 14), a Gadite.
(5) In 1 Chronicles 12:10 (Hebrew 11), a Gadite.
(6) In 1 Chronicles 12:4 (Hebrew 5), a Benjamithe?) or Judean. (4), (5) and (6) all joined David at Ziklag.
(7) Head of a Manassite family ( 1 Chronicles 5:24 ).
(8) A priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:2 ), probably the same as he of Nehemiah 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 ( Nehemiah 12:1 ).
