Strong's H8304 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שְׂרָיָה (Sᵉrâyâh)

Pronunciation: ser-aw-yaw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Part of Speech: n pr m

Name Meaning: Seraiah = "Jehovah is ruler"

Derivation: or שְׂרָיָהוּ (Sᵉrâyâhûw); from שָׂרָה (sârâh) [H8280] and יָהּ (Yâhh) [H3050]; Jah has prevailed;

Definition: Serajah, the name of nine Israelites

KJV Renderings: Seraiah.

Senses

1. the scribe or secretary of David
2. son of Azariah, father of Jehozadak, and the chief priest in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah and at the time of the capture of Jerusalem
3. son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and one of the men who went to Gedaliah, the governor over Judah appointed by Nebuchadnezzar, and gave their oath to serve the king of Babylon
4. a Judaite, son of Kenaz, brother of Othniel, and father of Joab
5. a Simeonite, father of Josibiah and grandfather of Jehu
6. a people of the province who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
1. maybe the same as 10
7. son of Azariah and father of Ezra the priest and scribe
8. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
9. a priest, son of Hilkiah in the time of Nehemiah
10. a priest or Levite who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
1. probably a priest and the head of a family of priests after the exile. Maybe same as 6
11. son of Meraiah and messenger sent by the prophet Jeremiah to Babylon with a book of his writings
12. son of Azriel and one of the 3 men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize Jeremiah and Baruch

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.