H8304 שְׂרָיָה
Sᵉrâyâh — Serajah, the name of nine Israelites
KJV: Seraiah.
Built from שָׂרָה sârâh (to prevail) + יָהּ Yâhh (Jah, the sacred name) — means “Jah has prevailed”
Occurs 20 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שְׂרָיָה(וּ) n.pr.m. (י׳ persisteth)
- 1 secretary of David
- 2 chief priest
- 3 a captain
- a son of Kenaz
- b name in Simeon
- c Levite name
- a companion of Zerub.
- b father of Ezra
- c one sealed
- d priest
- 6 officer of king Jehoiakim
Where it occurs
- 2 Samuel 8:17 — Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,
- 2 Kings 25:18 — The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the…
- 2 Kings 25:23 — Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor…
- Jeremiah 36:26 — The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest…
- Jeremiah 40:8 — then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Yochanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and…
- Jeremiah 51:59 — The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with…
- Jeremiah 51:61 — Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,
- Jeremiah 52:24 — The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the…
- Ezra 2:2 — who came with Zerubbabel, Yeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah…
- Ezra 7:1 — Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son…