Jeremiah vs David - What's the difference?
jeremiah | david |
(Abrahamic religions) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
of biblical origin.
A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
(UK) Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.
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* 1994 , The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169:
* 2000 , Merrick , Ballantine Books (2001), ISBN 0-345-44395-0, page 157:
The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament.
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common in Wales.
As proper nouns the difference between jeremiah and david
is that jeremiah is (abrahamic religions) an ancient prophet, the author of the book of jeremiah, and of the lamentations while david is .As a noun jeremiah
is a person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.As an interjection jeremiah
is (uk) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.jeremiah
English
(Book of Jeremiah)Alternative forms
* (abbreviations of the name of the book of the Bible)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Quotations
* : *: And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. * 2000 , David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader . Cork University Press. ISBN 1859182585, page 8: *: The man whom you call Diarmaid when you speak Irish, a low, pernicious, un-Irish, detestable custom, begot by slavery, and propagated by cringing, and fostered by flunkeyism, forces you to call Jeremiah when you speak English, or as a concession, Darby.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* jeremiadSee also
* (l)Interjection
(en interjection)david
English
(wikipedia David)Proper noun
- David' Copperfield. Dwight '''David''' Eisenhower. Michelangelo's '''David'''. None of these '''Davids''' would seem the same if their names were Dave. ' David , with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely.
- Well, don't think I'll settle for so little, Mr. Talbot. Or should I call you David'? I think you look like a ' David , you know, righteous and clean living and all of that.
- David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.