Lexical Summary Serayah or Serayahu: "Yah persists", the name of a number of Isr Original Word: שְׂרָיָהTransliteration: Serayah or Serayahu Phonetic Spelling: (ser-aw-yaw') Part of Speech: proper name, masculine Short Definition: "Yah persists", the name of a number of Isr Meaning: Seraiah -- "Yah persists", the name of a number of Israelites Strong's Concordance Seraiah Or Srayahuw {ser-aw-yaw'-hoo}; from sarah and Yahh; Jah has prevailed; Serajah, the name of nine Israelites -- Seraiah. see HEBREW sarah see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H8304. Serayah or Serayahu שְׂרָיָה(וּׅ proper name, masculine (׳י persisteth DrHast. DB. ii. 530 JACOB); — usually Σαραια(ς); — שְׂרָיָה: 1 secretary of David 2 Samuel 8:17, but ᵐ5B Ασα, "" שיא 20:25 Kt (שְׁוָא Qr), שַׁוְשָׁא 1 Chronicles 18:16 (in both Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5L Σουσα), שִׁישָׁא 1 Kings 4:3 (Σαβα, A Σεισα, ᵐ5L 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; 51:59 (twice in verse); 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; 12:1, 12. 6 שְׂרָיָהוּ, officer of king Jehoiakim, Jeremiah 36:26, τῷ Σαρεα. II. שׂרה (√ of following; = rule ? compare שׂרר). |