Ἰερεμίας

See also: Ἱερεμίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἱερεμίας (Hieremías)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.e.reˈmi.as/ → /i.e.reˈmi.as/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.e.reˈmi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.e.reˈmi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.e.reˈmi.as/

Proper noun

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

1. (biblical) Jeremiah, the Hebrew prophet.

Usage notes

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

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰερεμίᾱς; τοῦ Ἰερεμίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰερεμίᾱς ho Ieremíās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰερεμίου toû Ieremíou
Dative	τῷ Ἰερεμίᾳ tôi Ieremíāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰερεμίᾱν tòn Ieremíān
Vocative	Ἰερεμίᾱ Ieremíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Θρῆνοι Ἰερεμίου (Thrênoi Ieremíou)

Descendants

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

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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible