Midvash

שְׂרָיָהSᵉrâyâh

proper name, masculine: persisteth

Pronunciation: ser-aw-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8304

Meanings

1. secretary of David (2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 20:25; 1 Chronicles 18:16)

2. chief priest (2 Kings 25:18; Jeremiah 52:24)

3. a captain (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8; Jeremiah 51:59)

4.

a. son of Kenaz (1 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:14)

b. name in Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:35)

c. Levite name (1 Chronicles 5:40)

5.

a. companion of Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2)

b. father of Ezra (Ezra 7:1)

c. one sealed (Nehemiah 10:3)

d. priest (Nehemiah 11:11; Nehemiah 12:1; Nehemiah 12:12)

6. officer of king Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:26)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 8:17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah was the court secretary.
  • 2 Kings 25:18 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.
  • 2 Kings 25:23 When all the army commanders and their men learned that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they went to see him at Mizpah. These included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, and all their men.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of the Valley of Craftsmen, so called because they were craftsmen.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).