jeremiah

/JH EH0 R AH0 M AY1 AH0/
noun
  1. 1

    A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

  2. 2

    (Abrahamism, biblical) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.

  3. 3

    (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

  4. 4

    A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.