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Strong's #8304 - שְׂרָיָהוּ
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Seraiah = “Jehovah is ruler”
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
6a) 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
10a) probably a priest and the head of a family of priests after
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
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1 secretary of David 2 Samuel 8:17, but ᵐ5 B Ασα, "" שיא 2 Samuel 20:25 Kt (שְׁוָא Qr), שַׁוְשָׁא 1 Chronicles 18:16 (in both Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5 L Σουσα), שִׁישָׁא 1 Kings 4:3 (Σαβα, A Σεισα, ᵐ5 L Σαφατ); originally in all probably ששא We Dr Klo ( Sausa), HPS (שושא), Now (Šoša), Bu.
2 chief priest 2 Kings 25:18 = Jeremiah 52:24.
3 a captain 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8; Jeremiah 51:59 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 51:61.
4. a. son of Kenaz 1 Chronicles 4:13,14.
b. name in Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:35.
c. Levite name 1 Chronicles 5:40 (twice in verse).
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 12:1,12.
6שְׂרָיָהוּ, officer of king Jehoiakim, Jeremiah 36:26, τῷ Σαρεα.
II. שׂרה (√ of following; = rule ? compare שׂרר).