People of the Bible

Seraiah (Ezra 2:2)

The name Seraiah means “prince of the Lord.” Seraiah is mentioned in 4 verses of the Bible, first in Ezra 2:2.

Who was Seraiah?

A priest of the days of Jehoiakim (Neh. 12:1, 12).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Seraiah

  • 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:

  • Nehemiah 10:2

    Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

  • Nehemiah 12:1

    Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

  • Nehemiah 12:12

    And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

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