Strong H8304H8304Iשְׂרָיָהוּ

Seraiah

One of the 8 senses of Strong H8304

Transliteration: ώerâyâh ώerâyâhû
Pronunciation: {ser-aw-yaw'} ser-aw-yaw'-hoo
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.23;
son of: Tanhumeth (H8576)

Meaning of the name

Seraiah = "Jehovah is ruler"

General definition

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

In the biblical story

Seraiah

Officer under Gedaliah, son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite

Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, was one of the officers who served under Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonians after the fall of Jerusalem.

In the Bible

Strong H8304I appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

seraiah2

First verses

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.
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.

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