Biblica Analytica
H8304L Hebrew

שְׂרָיָהוּ

se.ra.yah

Seraiah

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Seraiah
Transliteration
se.ra.yah
Strong's Number
H8304L
Occurrences
4
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Supported

# Seraiah: A Hebrew Proper Name Seraiah (שְׂרָיָהוּ) is a Hebrew proper noun appearing four times in the biblical text. As a personal name rather than a common word, it functions as an identifier for specific individuals in biblical narrative and genealogy. The name itself is constructed from Hebrew elements, though the lexicon data provided does not specify the etymological breakdown or the meaning of its component parts. The limited frequency of occurrence—only four instances—suggests that Seraiah refers to particular historical or genealogical figures rather than a common title or concept. Without additional context from the lexicon entry regarding which individuals bore this name or in what biblical books they appear, the significance of Seraiah must remain tied to its function as a proper noun designating particular persons within the biblical record. The name's presence across multiple occurrences indicates it was borne by more than one person in biblical times, which was common practice in ancient Hebrew culture.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H8304L
Lemma
שְׂרָיָהוּ
Transliteration
se.ra.yah
Definition
Seraiah
Occurrences
4
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

4 total occurrences across the text