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Strong's #8304: Srayah (pronounced ser-aw-yaw')

or Srayahuw {ser-aw-yaw'-hoo}; from 8280 and 3050; Jah has prevailed; Serajah, the name of nine Israelites:--Seraiah.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ּׂ / ׂ

śerâyâh / śerâyâhû

Seraiah = "Jehovah is ruler"

1) the scribe or secretary of David

2) 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 Joab

5) a Simeonite, father of Josibiah and grandfather of Jehu

6) 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

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

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine



Usage:

This word is used 20 times:

2 Samuel 8:17: "the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;"
2 Kings 25:18: "of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second"
2 Kings 25:23: "and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah"
1 Chronicles 4:13: "And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath."
1 Chronicles 4:14: "begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab, the father"
1 Chronicles 4:35: "the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,"
1 Chronicles 6:14: "And Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak,"
1 Chronicles 6:14: "begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak,"
Ezra 2:2: "Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar,"
Ezra 7:1: "of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,"
Nehemiah 10:2: " Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,"
Nehemiah 11:11: " Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son"
Nehemiah 12:1: "the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,"
Nehemiah 12:12: "priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;"
Jeremiah 36:26: "Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son"
Jeremiah 40:8: "and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai"
Jeremiah 51:59: "the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah,"
Jeremiah 51:59: "in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince."
Jeremiah 51:61: "And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read"
Jeremiah 52:24: "of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second"









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