the lamentations of jeremiah
21Jeremiah — m Biblical name (meaning ‘appointed by God’ in Hebrew) borne by the great Hebrew prophet of the 7th–6th centuries BC, whose story, prophecies of judgement, and lamentations are recorded in the book of the Bible that bears his name. The Book of… …
22Lamentations — [lam΄ən tāshənz] n. 〚LL(Ec) Lamentationes, transl. in Vulg. for Gr thrēnoi, in LXX〛 Bible a book traditionally ascribed to Jeremiah, lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem: abbrev. La, Lam, or Lm * * * …
23Lamentations — [lam΄ən tāshənz] n. [LL(Ec) Lamentationes, transl. in Vulg. for Gr thrēnoi, in LXX] Bible a book traditionally ascribed to Jeremiah, lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem: abbrev. La, Lam, or Lm …
24Book of Jeremiah — The Book of Jeremiah, or Jeremiah (יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirməyāhū in Hebrew), is part of the Hebrew Bible, Judaism s Tanakh, and later became a part of Christianity s Old Testament. It was originally written in a complex and poetic Hebrew (apart from… …
25Letter of Jeremiah — The Letter of Jeremiah, also known as the Epistle of Jeremy, is a deuterocanonical (or apocryphal) book of the Old Testament; this letter purports to have been written by Jeremiah ( Jeremy ) to the exiles who were to be taken captive into Babylon …
26Lamentations — noun an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah • Syn: ↑Book of Lamentations • Instance Hypernyms: ↑book • Part Holonyms: ↑Hagiographa,… …
27JEREMIAH — a Hebrew prophet, born at Anathoth, a priestly city 3 m. N. of Jerusalem, where, after his removal thither, he spent as a prophet the greater part of his life, viz., from 629 to 588 B.C.; his prophecy was a lifelong protest against the… …
28LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF — one of the poetical books of the Old Testament, ascribed to Jeremiah and historically connected with his prophecies, written apparently after the fall of Jerusalem and in sight of its ruins, as lamentation over the general desolation in the… …
29Lamentations — n. book of the Old Testament containing poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem (traditionally ascribed to the prophet Jeremiah) …
30Lamentations — /læmənˈteɪʃənz/ (say lamuhn tayshuhnz) plural noun (construed as singular) a book of the Old Testament, ascribed by tradition to Jeremiah …
