hebrew #8314 - שָׂרָף saraph (fiery serpent)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fiery serpent, seraph From saraph; burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color) -- fiery (serpent), seraph. see HEBREW saraph Englishman's Concordance 1) serpent, fiery serpent 1a) poisonous serpent (fiery from burning effect of poison) 2) seraph, seraphim 2a) majestic beings with 6 wings, human hands or voices in attendance upon God Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H8313 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2292a, 2292b Brown-Driver-Briggs I. שָׂרָףnoun masculineIsaiah 14:29a serpent, usually venomous (possibly from above v, from burning effect of poison); — absolute ׳שׂNumbers 21:8 (J E; on Arabic parallels see JacobArabic Dichter ii. 93, iv. 10 f.), apposition ׳נָחָשׁ שׂDeuteronomy 8:15, plural הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְּׂרָפִיםNumbers 21:6; a flying serpent, or dragon, שָׂרָף מְעוֺפֵףIsaiah 14:29; Isaiah 30:6. II. [שָׂרָף] noun masculineIsaiah 6:2 plural שְׂרָפִיםseraphim (probably akin to I. ׳שׂ, as beings originally mythically conceived with serpents' bodies (serpent-deities, compare Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 30:6), or (CheComm.) personified of lightning, compare arts. SERAPHIM, StrachanHast. DB CheEncy. Bib.; Di Marti and others compare also Egyptian guardian-griffins, called Šerref; see also כְּרוּב; on Assyrian Šarrapu (-bu), epithet of god Nergal, connected by DlWB with √ שָׂרַף, see שָׁרָב, ZimKAT 3. 415); — in OT. majestic beings with six wings, and human hands and voices, attendant upon ׳יIsaiah 6:2,6. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 8314. שָׂרָף (saraph) — 7 OccurrencesNumbers 21:6 Numbers 21:8 Deuteronomy 8:15 Isaiah 6:2 Isaiah 6:6 Isaiah 14:29 Isaiah 30:6 |