Letter of Jeremiah

Letter of Jeremiah
noun
an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry
Instance Hypernyms: ↑book
Part Holonyms: ↑Apocrypha

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  • Letter 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 …   Wikipedia

  • Jeremiah 29 — 1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried… …   The King James version of the Bible

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  • JEREMIAH, EPISTLE OF — (known in the English version as the Epistle of Jeremy), an apocryphal work, written in the form of a copy of a letter by the prophet Jeremiah unto them which were to be led captive into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians. It was apparently… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Jeremiah — Jeremian, Jeremianic /jer euh muy an ik/, adj. /jer euh muy euh/, n. 1. a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries B.C. 2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbr.: Jer. 3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning God is high. * * *… …   Universalium

  • Jeremiah, The Letter of — ▪ Old Testament also called  The Epistle Of Jeremias,         apocryphal book of the Old Testament, in the Roman canon appended as a sixth chapter to the book of Baruch (itself apocryphal in the Jewish and Protestant canons).       The work is… …   Universalium

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