# H8304 שְׂרָיָה

שְׂרָיָה (Sᵉrâyâh), Strong’s H8304: Serajah, the name of nine Israelites KJV: Seraiah.. Occurs 20 times.

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*Sᵉrâyâh* — Serajah, the name of nine Israelites

KJV: Seraiah.

Built from [שָׂרָה sârâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H8280) (to prevail) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “Jah has prevailed”

Occurs 20 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=17) — Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,
- [2 Kings 25:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/36?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/40?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/51?v=59) — The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with…
- [Jeremiah 51:61](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/51?v=61) — Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,
- [Jeremiah 52:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/52?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=2) — who came with Zerubbabel, Yeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah…
- [Ezra 7:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/7?v=1) — Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son…