7 others in the registry answer to the name Seraiah. Every Seraiah in the Bible
person
Seraiah
שְׂרָיָהוּ
Seraiah was a priest who returned from the Babylonian exile and is mentioned in the lists of returning exiles and priests.
- verses
- 4
- first named
- Ezra 2:2
- last named
- Nehemiah 12:12
- period
- Exile and Return
- role
- Man
Description
Who was Seraiah?
Seraiah, mentioned in Ezr.2.2, Neh.10.2, and Neh.12.1,12, was a priest who returned from the Babylonian exile. He is listed among the priests who came back to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel, the leader of the first group of returning exiles. Seraiah's name appears in the list of men who sealed the covenant under Nehemiah's leadership (Neh.10.2), indicating his involvement in the spiritual renewal of the community. He is also mentioned in the list of priests who settled in Jerusalem during the time of the high priest Joiakim (Neh.12.1,12). These references suggest that Seraiah played a significant role in the religious life of the post-exilic community, serving as a priest and participating in important events such as the signing of the covenant.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 14 are drawn. All 14 are listed below.
Took part in
- Nehemiah, Zedekiah, Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, Rehum, Meremoth, Obadiah, Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, Magpiash, Hezir, Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, and Rest Of People’s sealing of DocumentNehemiah 10:2
- Returning Exiles’ returnEzra 2:2
Stands in the same events as
- Judah1 event
- Jerusalem1 event
- Return1 event
- Zerubbabel1 event
- Rehum1 event
- Cherub1 event
- Addan1 event
- Baanah1 event
- Bigvai1 event
- Bilshan1 event
- Immer1 event
- Mispar1 event
and 5 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 2 books.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
Sources