H8304

שְׂרָיָה

śᵊrāyâ

Appears in 20 Bible verses

Strong's Definition

Jah has prevailed Serajah, the name of nine Israelites &#8212 Seraiah.

Detailed Meaning

Seraiah = &quot Jehovah is ruler&quot , the scribe or secretary of David, 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, 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, a Judaite, son of Kenaz, brother of Othniel, and father of Joab, a Simeonite, father of Josibiah and grandfather of Jehu, a people of the province who returned from exile with Zerubbabel, maybe the same as 10, son of Azariah and father of Ezra the priest and scribe, a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, a priest, son of Hilkiah in the time of Nehemiah, a priest or Levite who returned from exile with Zerubbabel, probably a priest and the head of a family of priests after the exile. Maybe same as 6, son of Meraiah and messenger sent by the prophet Jeremiah to Babylon with a book of his writings, son of Azriel and one of the 3 men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize Jeremiah and Baruch

Part of Speech

proper masculine noun

KJV Translation Counts

Seraiah(20x)

Related Words

H8280 | שָׂרָה | power