WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Jeremiah
    n 1: (Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for
         his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of
         his people (circa 626-587 BC)
    2: a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the
       prophet Jeremiah [syn: Jeremiah, Book of Jeremiah]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "Jeremiah":
   Abraham, Amos, Cassandra, Daniel, Ezekiel, Haggai, Hosea, Isaac,
   Isaiah, Jacob, Joel, Jonah, Joseph, Joshua, Malachi, Micah, Moses,
   Nahum, Samuel, Zephaniah, admonisher, cautioner, flagman,
   lighthouse keeper, lookout, lookout man, monitor, prophet,
   prophet of doom, sentinel, sentry, signaler, signalman,
   vates sacer, warner



Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Jeremiah
   raised up or appointed by Jehovah. (1.) A Gadite who joined
   David in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:10).

     (2.) A Gadite warrior (1 Chr. 12:13).

     (3.) A Benjamite slinger who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr.
   12:4).

     (4.) One of the chiefs of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of
   Jordan (1 Chr. 5:24).

     (5.) The father of Hamutal (2 Kings 23:31), the wife of
   Josiah.

     (6.) One of the "greater prophets" of the Old Testament, son
   of Hilkiah (q.v.), a priest of Anathoth (Jer. 1:1; 32:6). He was
   called to the prophetical office when still young (1:6), in the
   thirteenth year of Josiah (B.C. 628). He left his native place,
   and went to reside in Jerusalem, where he greatly assisted
   Josiah in his work of reformation (2 Kings 23:1-25). The death
   of this pious king was bewailed by the prophet as a national
   calamity (2 Chr. 35:25).

     During the three years of the reign of Jehoahaz we find no
   reference to Jeremiah, but in the beginning of the reign of
   Jehoiakim the enmity of the people against him broke out in
   bitter persecution, and he was placed apparently under restraint
   (Jer. 36:5). In the fourth year of Jehoiakim he was commanded to
   write the predictions given to him, and to read them to the
   people on the fast-day. This was done by Baruch his servant in
   his stead, and produced much public excitement. The roll was
   read to the king. In his recklessness he seized the roll, and
   cut it to pieces, and cast it into the fire, and ordered both
   Baruch and Jeremiah to be apprehended. Jeremiah procured another
   roll, and wrote in it the words of the roll the king had
   destroyed, and "many like words" besides (Jer. 36:32).

     He remained in Jerusalem, uttering from time to time his words
   of warning, but without effect. He was there when Nebuchadnezzar
   besieged the city (Jer. 37:4, 5), B.C. 589. The rumour of the
   approach of the Egyptians to aid the Jews in this crisis induced
   the Chaldeans to withdraw and return to their own land. This,
   however, was only for a time. The prophet, in answer to his
   prayer, received a message from God announcing that the
   Chaldeans would come again and take the city, and burn it with
   fire (37:7, 8). The princes, in their anger at such a message by
   Jeremiah, cast him into prison (37:15-38:13). He was still in
   confinement when the city was taken (B.C. 588). The Chaldeans
   released him, and showed him great kindness, allowing him to
   choose the place of his residence. He accordingly went to Mizpah
   with Gedaliah, who had been made governor of Judea. Johanan
   succeeded Gedaliah, and refusing to listen to Jeremiah's
   counsels, went down into Egypt, taking Jeremiah and Baruch with
   him (Jer. 43:6). There probably the prophet spent the remainder
   of his life, in vain seeking still to turn the people to the
   Lord, from whom they had so long revolted (44). He lived till
   the reign of Evil-Merodach, son of Nebuchadnezzar, and must have
   been about ninety years of age at his death. We have no
   authentic record of his death. He may have died at Tahpanhes,
   or, according to a tradition, may have gone to Babylon with the
   army of Nebuchadnezzar; but of this there is nothing certain.


Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):

Jeremiah, exaltation of the Lord