of Hebrew origin (
H3414); Hieremias (i.e. Jermijah), an Israelite:--Jeremiah.
Jeremiah = "whom Jehovah has appointed"
- the son of Hilkiah of the priests that were in Anathoth. He was called very young (B.C.
- to the prophetic office, and prophesied 42 years. He probably died in Egypt.