HebrewH8304Proper Noun (Masculine)

שְׂרָיָהוּ

se.ra.yah

“Seraiah”

16Occurrences

H8304Strong's #

Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Serajah, the name of nine Israelites

or שְׂרָיָהוּ; from H8280 (שָׂרָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has prevailed;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Elihoreph (H0456) and Ahijah (H0281); also called Shavsha at ; Sheva(Ketiv: Sheya) at ; Shisha at ; § Seraiah = "Jehovah is ruler" 1) the scribe or secretary of ) son of Azariah, father of Jehozadak, and the chief priest in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah and at the time of the capture of Jerusalem 3) son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and one of the men who went to Gedaliah, the governor over Judah appointed by Nebuchadnezzar, and gave their oath to serve the king of Babylon 4) a Judaite, son of Kenaz, brother of Othniel, and father of ) a Simeonite, father of Josibiah and grandfather of ) a people of the province who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 6a) maybe the same as 10 7) son of Azariah and father of Ezra the priest and scribe 8) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 9) a priest, son of Hilkiah in the time of Nehemiah 10) a priest or Levite who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 10a) probably a priest and the head of a family of priests after the exile. Maybe same as 6 11) son of Meraiah and messenger sent by the prophet Jeremiah to Babylon with a book of his writings 12) son of Azriel and one of the 3 men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize Jeremiah and Baruch

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שְׂרָיָהוּ appears 16 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah

1 Chronicles

Nehemiah

2 Kings

Ezra

2 Samuel

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:13BSB

The sons of Kenaz:Othniel and Seraiah.The sons of Othniel:Hathath and Meonothai.

2 Kings 25:18BSB

The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

Ezra 2:2BSB

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.This is the count of the men of Israel:

Jeremiah 40:8BSB

they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.

Jeremiah 52:24BSB