Bible Dictionary
Jeremias
Jeremias is the Greek form of Jeremiah. It may refer to the prophet Jeremiah or, in an intertestamental list, to a man who had married a foreign wife.
Definition
Jeremias is the Greek form of Jeremiah. It may refer to Jeremiah the prophet or to a man listed among those who had married foreign wives.
Biblical Usage
The Greek name is used of Jeremiah the prophet in the New Testament. In 1 Esdras it identifies one of the sons of Baani who had married a foreign wife.
Historical Background
The postexilic Jeremias corresponds with Jeremai among the sons of Hashum in Ezra. The supplied material treats the two forms as related names.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
the Greek form of the name of Jeremiah the prophet. (Matthew 16:14)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>jer-e-mi'-as (Ieremias):</p><p>(1) Named among the sons of Baani as one of those who had married foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:34). In Ezr 10:33 we find, "Jeremai" among the sons of Hashum. In 1 Esdras it should come in 9:33 before Manasses.</p><p>(2) See JEREMIAH (general article).</p>