Strong H8304H8304Lשְׂרָיָהוּ
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 Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2
Meaning of the name
Seraiah = "Jehovah is ruler"
General definition
In the biblical story
Seraiah
Priest who returned from Babylonian exile
Seraiah was a priest who returned from the Babylonian exile and is mentioned in the lists of returning exiles and priests.
In the Bible
Strong H8304L appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- seraiah4
First verses
- Ezra 2:2Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
- Nehemiah 10:2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
- Nehemiah 12:1Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
- Nehemiah 12:12And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;