Bible Names

Seraiah: meaning of the name

Seraiah means “prince of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Seraiah in Hebrew and Greek

שְׂרָיָה H8304

Sᵉrâyâh (ser-aw-yaw') — Serajah, the name of nine Israelites

or שְׂרָיָהוּ; from H8280 (שָׂרָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has prevailed;

People named Seraiah in the Bible

Seraiah in Scripture

“Seraiah” appears in 18 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 2 Samuel 8:17

    And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

  • 2 Kings 25:18

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

  • 2 Kings 25:23

    And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:13

    And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:14

    And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:35

    And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:14

    And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

  • Ezra 2:2

    Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: