{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8304",
  "lemma": "שְׂרָיָה",
  "transliteration": "Sᵉrâyâh",
  "definition": "Serajah, the name of nine Israelites",
  "kjv": "Seraiah.",
  "occurrences": 20,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H8280",
      "lemma": "שָׂרָה",
      "transliteration": "sârâh",
      "meaning": "to prevail",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H8280"
    },
    {
      "id": "H3050",
      "lemma": "יָהּ",
      "transliteration": "Yâhh",
      "meaning": "Jah, the sacred name",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3050"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 8:17",
      "text": "Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 25:18",
      "text": "The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 25:23",
      "text": "Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 36:26",
      "text": "The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/36?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 40:8",
      "text": "then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Yochanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/40?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 51:59",
      "text": "The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/51?v=59"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 51:61",
      "text": "Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/51?v=61"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 52:24",
      "text": "The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/52?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 2:2",
      "text": "who came with Zerubbabel, Yeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 7:1",
      "text": "Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/7?v=1"
    }
  ],
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}