H8304 H8304
Serayah — a personal name borne by priests, military officers, scribes, and clan leaders across the OT.
A proper name meaning something like 'Yah persists' or 'Yah strives,' carried by at least ten distinct individuals in the Hebrew Bible. The most prominent is the chief priest executed by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah after Jerusalem's fall (2 Kgs 25:18; Jer 52:24). Another is David's royal secretary, whose name appears in variant spellings across the parallel accounts — Sheva, Shavsha, Shisha — suggesting scribal transmission challenges. The name also appears in postexilic genealogies linking to Ezra the scribe (Ezr 7:1), among sealed covenant signatories (Neh 10:3), and in tribal genealogies for Judah and Simeon.
Senses
1. Serayah (personal name) — The personal name Serayah (שְׂרָיָה), borne by multiple OT figures including David's secretary (2 Sam 8:17, with variants Sheva/Shavsha/Shisha in parallel texts), the chief priest at Jerusalem's destruction (2 Kgs 25:18; Jer 52:24), a military captain under Gedaliah (2 Kgs 25:23), and ancestors in the priestly line leading to Ezra (Ezr 7:1). Multilingual glosses uniformly transliterate the name, confirming it functions as a proper noun throughout. 20×
AR["سَرايا", "سَرَايَا", "لِ-سَرايا", "وَ-سَرايا", "وَ-سَرَايَا", "وَسَرايا", "وَسَرَايَا"]·ben["-জন্য-সরায়ার", "আর-সরায়া", "এবং-সরায়", "এবং-সরায়া", "ও-সরায়", "সরায়", "সরায়কে", "সরায়া", "সরায়াকে", "সরায়ার", "সরায়িয়", "সরায়ের"]·DE["Serayah", "[ושריה]", "[לשריה]", "[שריה]", "[שריהו]", "und-Seraiah", "und-Serayah"]·EN["Seraiah", "Serayah", "Serayahu", "and-Seraiah", "and-Serayah", "to-Serayah"]·FR["Seraja", "Serayah", "et-Seraiah", "et-Seraja", "et-Serayah"]·heb["ו-שריה", "ל-שריה", "שריה", "שריהו"]·HI["और-सरायाह", "सरायाह", "सरायाह-का", "सरायाह-के"]·ID["Seraya", "dan-Seraya", "untuk-Seraya"]·IT["Seraia", "Serayah", "e-Seraia", "e-Seraiah", "e-Serayah"]·jav["Seraya", "Séraya", "kangge-Seraya", "lan-Seraya", "lan-Séraya"]·KO["그-와-스라야", "그리고-스라야", "그리고-스라야-는", "그리고-스라야가", "그리고-스라야는", "세라야를", "스라야", "스라야-를", "스라야를", "스라야에게", "에-스라야에게는"]·PT["Serayah", "Serayahu", "de-Serayah", "e-Serayah"]·RU["Серае", "Сераии", "Серайей", "Серайи", "Серайю", "Серайя", "Серайяху", "Сераю", "а-Серая", "для-Серайи", "и-Серайя", "и-Серая"]·ES["Seraya", "Serayah", "Serayahu", "Serayas", "Seraías", "de-Seraías", "y-Seraya", "y-Serayah", "y-Serayas"]·SW["Seraya", "kwa-Seraya", "na-Seraya"]·TR["Seraya", "Seraya'nın", "Seraya'ya", "Seraya'yi", "Seraya'yı", "Serayanin", "ve-Seraya"]·urd["اور-سرایاہ", "اور-سرایاہ-نے", "اور-سریاہ", "سرایاہ", "سرایاہ-کا", "سرایاہ-کے-لیے"]
2 Sam 8:17, 2 Kgs 25:18, 2 Kgs 25:23, 1 Chr 4:13, 1 Chr 4:14, 1 Chr 4:35, 1 Chr 6:14, 1 Chr 6:14, Ezra 2:2, Ezra 7:1, Neh 10:2, Neh 11:11 (+8 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שְׂרָיָה(וּ) n.pr.m. (י׳ persisteth DrHastDict. Bib. ii. 530 Jacob);—usually Σαραια(ς);—שְׂרָיָה: 1. secretary of David 2 S 8:17, but 𝔊B Ασα, ‖ שיא 20:25 Kt (שְׁוָא Qr), שַׁוְשָׁא 1 Ch 18:16 (in both Ἰησοῦς, 𝔊L Σουσα), שִׁישָׁא 1 K 4:3 (Σαβα, A Σεισα, 𝔊L Σαφατ); orig. in all prob. ששא We Dr Klo (Sausa), HPS (שושא), Now, Bu. 2. chief priest 2 K 25:18 = Je 52:24. 3. a captain 2 K 25:23; Je…