יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ
yir.me.yah
Jeremiah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Jeremiah (H3414M) in Hebrew Biblical Text The Hebrew term *Yirmeyahu* (יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ) is a proper noun designating Jeremiah, appearing four times in the biblical text. This limited frequency suggests these occurrences are concentrated in specific biblical passages rather than distributed broadly across multiple books. The name itself functions as a personal identifier rather than a common word with semantic range or grammatical variation. As a proper noun, Jeremiah would have carried significance as the designation of a historical or religious figure in ancient Judean tradition. The small number of occurrences at this particular spelling or form indicates that while the figure of Jeremiah was important enough to appear in the biblical record, references to him by this exact name form were relatively sparse. This contrasts with other biblical figures who appear far more frequently throughout the scriptural text, suggesting Jeremiah's significance was concentrated in particular literary contexts rather than pervasive throughout the canon.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Nehemiah 12:1Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Nehemiah 12:12In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
Nehemiah 12:34Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,