Word Study · Strong's H8304 · Hebrew
שְׂרָיָה
Serayah
ser-aw-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Sᵉrâyâh
“Serajah, the name of nine Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Serajah, the name of nine Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Seraiah.
- 20occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 20 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה3
- וּשְׂרָיָ֨ה2
- שְׂרָיָה֙2
- שְׂרָיָ֔ה2
- שְׂרָיָ֥ה2
- שְׂרָיָ֨ה2
- וּשְׂרָיָ֑ה1
- וּשְׂרָיָ֗ה1
- לִשְׂרָיָ֣ה1
- שְׂרָיָ֖ה1
- שְׂרָיָ֣ה1
- שְׂרָיָ֑ה1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 3
- Seraiah12
- and Seraiah7
- of Seraiah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)12
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)7
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 12
- HC/Npm · 7
- HR/Npm · 1
All 20, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah6 of 20 · 30%
- 1 Chronicles5 of 20 · 25%
- Nehemiah4 of 20 · 20%
- 2 Kings2 of 20 · 10%
- Ezra2 of 20 · 10%
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2 Samuel1 occurrence
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 25:18שְׂרָיָה֙serayahproper noun (a name)The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.here: Seraiah
- 2 Kings 25:23וּשְׂרָיָ֨הuserayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)When 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.here: and Seraiah
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 4:13וּשְׂרָיָ֑הuserayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.here: and Seraiah
- 1 Chronicles 4:14וּשְׂרָיָ֗הuserayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Meonothai 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.here: and Seraiah
- 1 Chronicles 4:35שְׂרָיָ֖הserayahproper noun (a name)Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),here: Seraiah
- 1 Chronicles 6:14שְׂרָיָ֔הserayahproper noun (a name)Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.here: Seraiah
- 1 Chronicles 6:14וּשְׂרָיָ֖הuserayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.here: and Seraiah
Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 2:2שְׂרָיָ֨הserayahproper noun (a name)accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:here: Seraiah
- Ezra 7:1שְׂרָיָ֔הserayahproper noun (a name)Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,here: Seraiah
Nehemiah4 occurrences
- Nehemiah 10:2שְׂרָיָ֥הserayahproper noun (a name)Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,here: Seraiah
- Nehemiah 11:11שְׂרָיָ֨הserayahproper noun (a name)Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin; Seraiah 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;here: Seraiah
- Nehemiah 12:1שְׂרָיָ֥הserayahproper noun (a name)Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,here: Seraiah
- Nehemiah 12:12לִשְׂרָיָ֣הlisrayahpreposition + proper noun (a name)In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;here: of Seraiah
Jeremiah6 occurrences
- Jeremiah 36:26שְׂרָיָ֣הוּserayahuproper noun (a name)Instead, 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.here: Seraiah
- Jeremiah 40:8וּשְׂרָיָ֨הuserayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Seraiah
- Jeremiah 51:59שְׂרָיָ֣הserayahproper noun (a name)This 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.here: Seraiah
- Jeremiah 51:59וּשְׂרָיָ֖הuserayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)This 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.here: and Seraiah
- Jeremiah 51:61שְׂרָיָ֑הserayahproper noun (a name)And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,here: Seraiah
- Jeremiah 52:24שְׂרָיָה֙serayahproper noun (a name)The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.here: Seraiah