שְׂרָיָהוּ

2 Samuel 8:17 וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה and Seraiah

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

2 Kings 25:18 שְׂרָיָה֙ Seraiah

The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

Here: The name probably means 'YHWH persists' or 'YHWH rules'. He is the head priest of Solomon's temple when it falls. 1 Chronicles 6:14–15 makes him the son of Azariah and father of Jehozadak, who went into exile.

2 Kings 25:23 וּשְׂרָיָ֨ה and Seraiah

When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

1 Chronicles 4:13 וּשְׂרָיָ֑ה and Seraiah

The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.

1 Chronicles 4:14 וּשְׂרָיָ֗ה and Seraiah

Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.

1 Chronicles 4:35 שְׂרָיָ֖ה Seraiah

Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),

1 Chronicles 6:14 שְׂרָיָ֔ה וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה Seraiah, and Seraiah

Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.

Ezra 2:2 שְׂרָיָ֨ה Seraiah

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

Here: A leader otherwise unknown. Nehemiah 7:7 has 'Azariah' in this position. The name probably means 'the LORD has persisted / rules'.

Ezra 7:1 שְׂרָיָ֔ה Seraiah

Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

Here: The last high priest of the First Temple. Nebuchadnezzar executed him at Riblah in 586 BC (2 Kgs 25:18–21). Naming him first ties Ezra to the priesthood that existed before the exile.

Nehemiah 10:2 שְׂרָיָ֥ה Seraiah

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Nehemiah 11:11 שְׂרָיָ֨ה Seraiah

Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;

Nehemiah 12:1 שְׂרָיָ֥ה Seraiah

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

Nehemiah 12:12 לִשְׂרָיָ֣ה of Seraiah

In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

Jeremiah 36:26 שְׂרָיָ֣הוּ Seraiah

Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

Here: Second agent of the arrest. The name probably means 'Yah has persisted' or 'Yah rules'. He is not the same man as Seraiah son of Neriah, Baruch's brother (Jer 51:59).

Jeremiah 40:8 וּשְׂרָיָ֨ה and Seraiah

they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.

Here: An officer known only from this list and from 2 Kings 25:23. Several other men in Jeremiah share the common name Seraiah.

Jeremiah 51:59 שְׂרָיָ֣ה וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה Seraiah, and Seraiah

This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.

Jeremiah 51:61 שְׂרָיָ֑ה Seraiah

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,

Here: Seraiah son of Neriah, a royal officer travelling to Babylon (v. 59). He was very likely the brother of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe (Jer 32:12). The name probably means 'YHWH persists' or 'YHWH rules'.

Jeremiah 52:24 שְׂרָיָה֙ Seraiah

The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

Here: The name probably means 'YHWH has persisted/prevailed' or 'YHWH is prince'. This is Seraiah son of Azariah, the last head priest of the First Temple, father of Jehozadak and ancestor of Ezra (1 Chronicles 6:14–15; Ezra 7:1).