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jer-ē̇-mı̄´a ((a) ירמיהוּ, yirmeyaÌ„huÌ„, or (b) shorter form, ירמיה, yirmeyaÌ„h, both differently explained as “Yah establishes (so Giesebrext), 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 ; , , , , , ; ; ; , 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; ; ; in , the King James Version has “Jeremias,†but the Revised Version (British and American) in 2 Maccabees and Matthew has “Jeremiah.â€
(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 (; parallel ).
(3) A Rechabite ().
(4) In (Hebrew 14), a Gadite.
(5) In (Hebrew 11), a Gadite.
(6) In (Hebrew 5), a Benjamithe?) or Judean. (4), (5) and (6) all joined David at Ziklag.
(7) Head of a Manassite family ().
(8) A priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (), probably the same as he of 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 ().