Ἱερεμίας

See also: Ἰερεμίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirməyā).

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

Ἱερεμίᾱς • (Hieremíās) m (genitive Ἱερεμίου); first declension

1. Jeremiah, the Hebrew prophet.
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 10.78

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 Ἱερεμίᾱς; τοῦ Ἱερεμίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἱερεμίᾱς ho Hieremíās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἱερεμίου toû Hieremíou
Dative	τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ tôi Hieremíāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἱερεμίᾱν tòn Hieremíān
Vocative	Ἱερεμίᾱ Hieremíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιερεμίας (Ieremías)

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