Strong H83048 sensesשְׂרָיָהוּ

Seraiah

Transliteration
ώerâyâh ώerâyâhû
Pronunciation
{ser-aw-yaw'} ser-aw-yaw'-hoo

Meaning of the name

Seraiah = "Jehovah is ruler"

The 8 senses of Strong H8304

The lexicon tells 8 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H8304 appears in 18 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. High priest during the reign of ZedekiahH8304H5 verses · 5 books
  2. Priest who returned from Babylonian exileH8304L4 verses · Ezra, Nehemiah
  3. Officer under Gedaliah, son of Tanhumeth the NetophathiteH8304I2 verses · 2 Kings, Jeremiah
  4. Son of Kenaz; father of JoabH8304J2 verses · 1 Chronicles
  5. Neriah's son, Baruch's brother, accompanied Zedekiah to BabylonH8304N2 verses · Jeremiah
  6. David's scribe, also known as Shavsha, Sheva, Sheya, or ShishaH8304G1 verse · 2 Samuel
  7. Son of Asiel, descendant of SimeonH8304K1 verse · 1 Chronicles
  8. Son of Azriel, sent to capture Jeremiah and BaruchH8304M1 verse · Jeremiah

General definition

From H8280 and H3050; Jah has prevailed;
{Serajah} the name of nine Israelites: - Seraiah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • seraiah18

First verses

  1. 2 Samuel 8:17
    And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
  2. 2 Kings 25:18
    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
  3. 2 Kings 25:23
    And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
  4. 1 Chronicles 4:13
    And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
  5. 1 Chronicles 4:14
    And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
  6. 1 Chronicles 4:35
    And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
  7. 1 Chronicles 6:14
    And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
  8. Ezra 2:2
    Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
  9. 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 of Hilkiah,
  10. Nehemiah 10:2
    Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
  11. Nehemiah 11:11
    Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
  12. Nehemiah 12:1
    Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
  13. Nehemiah 12:12
    And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
  14. Jeremiah 36:26
    But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them.
  15. Jeremiah 40:8
    Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
  16. Jeremiah 51:59
    The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
  17. Jeremiah 51:61
    And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
  18. Jeremiah 52:24
    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: