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שְׂרָיָה (Sᵉrâyâh) n-pr-m (ser-aw-yaw')
Source: or שְׂרָיָהוּ; from H8280 and H3050; Jah has prevailed;
Meaning: Serajah, the name of nine Israelites
KJV: Seraiah.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

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שְׂרָיָה(וּ) n.pr.m. (

י׳ persisteth)

1 secretary of David
2 chief priest
3 a captain
4
- a son of Kenaz
- b name in Simeon
- c Levite name
5
- a companion of Zerub.
- b father of Ezra
- c one sealed
- d priest
6 officer of king Jehoiakim

Appears in a total of 18 verses:

CH1 4:14

OET-LV: 14 And_Məˊōnotay he _fathered DOM ˊĀfərāh and_Sərā^yāh he _fathered DOM Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) the _father _of Ge if/because craftsmen they _were. (CH1_4:14)

OET-RV: 14 Meonotai had a son Ofrah, and Serayah fathered Yoav, the founder of Craftsmen’s Valley, because they were craftsmen. (CH1 4:14)

SA2 8:17

OET-LV: 17 And_Tsādōq/(Zadok) the _son _of ʼAḩīţūⱱ and_ʼAḩīmelek the _son _of ʼEⱱyātār were_priests and_Sərā^yāh was_secretary. (SA2_8:17)

OET-RV: 17 The priests were Ahitub’s son Tsadok and Evyatar’s son Ahimelek, and Serayah was secretary. (SA2 8:17)

KI2 25:23

OET-LV: 23 and_ all _of _they _heard the _commanders _of the _armies they and_the_men if/because _that the _king _of he _had _appointed of _Bāⱱel DOM Gədal^yāh and_they _came to Gədal^yāh (the)_Miʦpāh and_Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) the _son _of Nətan^yāh and_Yōḩānān/(Johanan) the _son _of Qārēaḩ and_Sərā^yāh the _son _of Tanḩumet the_Nəţofātī and_Yaʼₐzan^yāh/(Jaazaniah) the _son _of the_Maˊₐkātī they and_men _of_their. (KI2_25:23)

OET-RV: 23 When all the army captains and their men heard that the Babylonian king had appointed Gedalyah, they came to Gedalyah at Mitspah. This was Netanyah’s son Yishmael, Kareah’s son Yohanan, Tanhumet’s son Serayah the Netofatite, and the Maakatite’s son Yaazanyah, along with their men. (KI2 25:23)

CH1 4:13

OET-LV: 13 and_the _sons of _Qənaz were_ˊĀtənī^ʼēl and_Sərā^yāh and_the _sons of _ˊĀtənī^ʼēl were_Ḩtat. (CH1_4:13)

OET-RV: 13 Kenaz’s sons were Otniel and Serayah. And Otniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonotai. (CH1 4:13)

JER 51:59

OET-LV: 59 the_message which he _commanded Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) the_prophet DOM Sərā^yāh the _son _of Nēriy^yāh the _son _of Maḩşē^yāh when_went_he with Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) Bāⱱel in_year (the)_fourth of_reigning_his and_Sərā^yāh was_an _official _of a _resting _place. (JER_51:59)

OET-RV: 59 This is the message that the prophet Yirmeyah (Jeremiah) commanded Serayah (son of Neriyah, son of Mahseyah)
⇔ when he went with Yehudah’s King Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah)to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign.
⇔ Now Seraiah was a chief officer, (JER 51:59)

JER 51:61

OET-LV: 61 And_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _said to Sərā^yāh just_as_you _come Bāⱱel and_you _will _see and_you _will _read _aloud DOM all _of the_words/messages the_these. (JER_51:61)

OET-RV: 61 Then Yirmeyah told Serayah, “When you go to Babylon, ensure that you read these messages aloud (JER 51:61)

EZR 7:1

OET-LV:  and_after the_things the_these in_the _reign _of ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ the _king _of Pāraş ˊEzrāʼ the _son _of Sərā^yāh the _son _of ˊAzar^yāh the _son _of Ḩilqiy^yāh. (EZR_7:1)

OET-RV:  Many years later in the reign of Persian King Artahshasta (Artaxerxes), Ezra (son of Serayah, son of Azaryah, son of Hilkiyah, (EZR 7:1)

NEH 12:1

OET-LV:  and_these are_the_priests and_the_Lēviyyiy who they _came _up with Zərubāⱱel the _son _of Shəʼaltiy^ʼēl and_Yēshūˊa Sərā^yāh Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) ˊEzrāʼ. (NEH_12:1)

OET-RV:  These are the priests and the Levites who came back with Shealtiyel’s son Zerubavel and with Yeshua:

•

Serayah, Yirmeyah, and Ezra,

(NEH 12:1)

NEH 10:3

OET-LV: 3  Sərā^yāh ˊAzar^yāh Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah). (NEH_10:3)

OET-RV: • 3 Pashhur, Amaryah, and Malkiyah, (NEH 10:3)

JER 52:24

OET-LV: 24 And_ the_chief _of _he/it _took the_bodyguards DOM Sərā^yāh the _priest _of the _head and_DOM Tsəfan^yāh/(Zephaniah) the _priest _of the _second _rank and_DOM the _three _of the _keepers _of the _threshold. (JER_52:24)

OET-RV: 24 The commander of the bodyguards took the high priest Serayah prisoner, along with the second-level priest Tsefanyah, and the three gatekeepers. (JER 52:24)

NEH 11:11

OET-LV: 11 Sərā^yāh the _son _of Ḩilqiy^yāh the _son _of Məshullām the _son _of Tsādōq/(Zadok) the _son _of Mərāyōt the _son _of ʼAḩīţūⱱ the _supervisor _of the _house _of the_ʼElohīm. (NEH_11:11)

OET-RV: • 11 Serayah (son of Hilkiyah, son of Meshullam, son of Tsadok, son of Merayot, son of Ahituv) who was the leader in the temple. (NEH 11:11)

EZR 2:2

OET-LV: 2 Who they _came with Zərubāⱱel Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) Nəḩem^yāh Sərā^yāh Rəˊēlā^yāh Mārəddəkay Bilshān Mişfār Bigvay Rəḩūm Baˊₐnāh the _number _of the _men _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EZR_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 The ones who went with Zerubabel were: Yeshua, Nehemyah, Serayah, Re’elayah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Ba’anah.
¶ Their numbers were: (EZR 2:2)

CH1 5:40

OET-LV: 40  and_ˊAzar^yāh he _fathered DOM Sərā^yāh and_Sərā^yāh he _fathered DOM Yəhōʦādāq/(Jehozadak). (CH1_5:40)

JER 36:26

OET-LV: 26 And_he _commanded the_king DOM Yəraḩmə^ʼēl/(Jerahmeel) the _son _of the_king and_DOM Sərā^yāh the _son _of ˊAzrī^ʼēl and_DOM Shelem^yāh the _son _of ˊAⱱdə^ʼēl to_take/accept/receive DOM Bārūk the_scribe and_DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) the_prophet and_he_hid _them YHWH. (JER_36:26)

OET-RV: 26 Then the king ordered a relative Yerahme’el, Azriel’s son Serayah, and Abdeel’s son Shelemyah to arrest the scribe Baruk and the prophet Yirmeyah, but Yahweh had hidden them. (JER 36:26)

KI2 25:18

OET-LV: 18 And_ the_chief _of _he/it _took the_bodyguards DOM Sərā^yāh the _priest _of the _head and_DOM Tsəfan^yāh/(Zephaniah) a _priest _of second _rank and_DOM the _three _of the _keepers _of the _threshold. (KI2_25:18)

OET-RV: 18 Nevuzaradan exiled to Babylon the high priest Serayah, the second priest Tsefanyah, and the three temple entrance guards. (KI2 25:18)

JER 40:8

OET-LV: 8 And_they _came to Gədal^yāh to_(the)_Miʦpāh and_Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) the _son _of Nətan^yāh and_Yōḩānān/(Johanan) and_Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) the _sons _of Qārēaḩ and_Sərā^yāh the _son _of Tanḩumet and_the _sons of _ˊŌfay/(Ephai) the_Nəţofātī and_Yəzan^yāh/(Jezaniah) the _son _of the_Maˊₐkātī they and_men _of_their. (JER_40:8)

OET-RV: 8 So they went to Gedalyah at Mitspah. Those who went were Netanyah’s son Yishmael, Kareah’s sons Yohanan and Yonatan, Tanhumet’s son Serayah, the sons of Ofai the Netofatite, and Maakati’s son Yezanyah, and their men. (JER 40:8)

NEH 12:12

OET-LV: 12 And_in_the _days _of Yōyāqīm priests they _were the _heads _of the _fathers of_Sərā^yāh Mərā^yāh of_Yirmə^yāh Ḩₐnan^yāh. (NEH_12:12)

OET-RV: 12 In Yoyakim’s time, these were the heads of the priestly families:

•

Merayah was the head of Serayah’s family,

•

Hananyah for Yirmeyah’s,

(NEH 12:12)

CH1 4:35

OET-LV: 35 And_Yō^ʼēl/(Joel) and_Yēhūʼ/(Jehu) the _son _of Yōshiⱱ^yāh/(Joshibiah) the _son _of Sərā^yāh the _son _of ˊAsiy^ʼēl. (CH1_4:35)

OET-RV: 35 Yoel, Yehu the son of Yoshibiah, the son of Serayah, the son of Asiel, (CH1 4:35)

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