STRONGS G2408:
Ἰερεμίας [WH
Ἰερ. (see their Introductory § 408); so
Rec.st in
Matthew 27:9],
-ου [Buttmann, 17 (16), 8],
ὁ, (
יִרְמְיָה or
יִרְמְיָהוּ, equivalent to
יָהּ יִרְמֶה 'Jehovah casts forth' (his enemies?), or 'Jehovah hurls' (his thunderbolts?); cf.
Bleek, Einl. in das A. T. § 206, p. 469, [cf.
B. D. under the word Jeremiah]),
Jeremiah [
A. V. also
Jeremias, Jeremy], a famous Hebrew prophet, who prophesied from [circa]
B. C. 627 until the destruction of Jerusalem [
B. C. 586]. Afterward, he departed into Egypt, where he appears to have died; [cf.
B. D. under the word Jeremiah, I. 6]:
Matthew 2:17;
Matthew 16:14;
Matthew 27:9 (in the last passage his name is given by mistake, for the words quoted are found in
Zechariah 11:12f; [cf. Prof.
Brown in the Journal of the Society for Biblical Literature and Exegesis for December, 1882, p. 101ff;
Toy, Quot. in
N. T., p. 68ff; for a history of attempted explanations, see Dr.
James Morison, Commentary on Matthew, the passage cited]).
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