This name belongs to 8 different people in the Bible:
- Seraiah: Son of Kenaz; father of Joab
- Seraiah: Son of Asiel, descendant of Simeon
- Seraiah: High priest during the reign of Zedekiah
- Seraiah: Officer under Gedaliah, son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite
- Seraiah: David's scribe, also known as Shavsha, Sheva, Sheya, or Shisha
- Seraiah: Priest who returned from Babylonian exile
- Seraiah: Son of Azriel, sent to capture Jeremiah and Baruch
- Seraiah: Neriah's son, Baruch's brother, accompanied Zedekiah to Babylon
Definition
or שְׂרָיָהוּ; from H8280 and H3050; Jah has prevailed; Serajah, the name of nine Israelites
Traditional renderings: Seraiah.
Traditional renderings: Seraiah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
20 total
- 2 Samuel 8:17וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה · SeraiahZadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- 2 Kings 25:18שְׂרָיָה֙ · SeraiahThe captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- 2 Kings 25:23וּשְׂרָיָ֨ה · SeraiahWhen all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
- 1 Chronicles 4:13וּשְׂרָיָ֑ה · and SeraiahThe sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
- 1 Chronicles 4:14וּשְׂרָיָ֗ה · and SeraiahMeonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.
- 1 Chronicles 4:35שְׂרָיָ֖ה · of SeraiahJoel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),
- 1 Chronicles 6:14 (2×)שְׂרָיָ֔ה · Seraiah; וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה · and SeraiahAzariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
- Ezra 2:2שְׂרָיָ֨ה · Seraiah…accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
- Ezra 7:1שְׂרָיָ֔ה · of SeraiahMany years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- Nehemiah 10:2שְׂרָיָ֥ה · SeraiahSeraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
- Nehemiah 11:11שְׂרָיָ֨ה · SeraiahSeraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;
- Nehemiah 12:1שְׂרָיָ֥ה · SeraiahNow these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
- Nehemiah 12:12לִשְׂרָיָ֣ה · of [the family of] SeraiahIn the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
- Jeremiah 36:26שְׂרָיָ֣הוּ · SeraiahInstead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
- Jeremiah 40:8וּשְׂרָיָ֨ה · Seraiah…they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.
- Jeremiah 51:59 (2×)שְׂרָיָ֣ה · Seraiah; וּשְׂרָיָ֖הThis is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.
- Jeremiah 51:61שְׂרָיָ֑ה · SeraiahAnd Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,
- Jeremiah 52:24שְׂרָיָה֙ · SeraiahThe captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.