STRONGS H8314:
Abbreviations
† I. שָׂרָף noun masculineIsaiah 14:29 a serpent, usually venomous (possibly from above √, from
burning effect of poison); — absolute
שׂ׳ Numbers 21:8 (J E; on Arabic parallels see Jacob
Arabic Dichter ii. 93, iv. 10 f.), apposition
נָחָשׁ שׂ׳ Deuteronomy 8:15, plural
הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְּׂרָפִים Numbers 21:6; a flying serpent, or
dragon,
שָׂרָף מְעוֺפֵף Isaiah 14:29;
Isaiah 30:6.
† II. [
שָׂרָף]
noun masculineIsaiah 6:2 plural
שְׂרָפִים seraphim (probably akin to I.
שׂ׳, as beings originally mythically conceived with serpents' bodies (serpent-deities, compare
Isaiah 14:29;
Isaiah 30:6), or (Che
Comm.) personified of lightning, compare arts. SERAPHIM, Strachan
Hast. DB Che
Ency. 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 Dl
WB with √
שָׂרַף, see
שָׁרָב, Zim
KAT 3. 415); — in OT. majestic beings with six wings, and human hands and voices, attendant upon
י׳ Isaiah 6:2,6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Numbers
21:6; 21:8
Deuteronomy
8:15
Isaiah
6:2; 6:2; 6:6; 14:29; 14:29; 14:29; 30:6; 30:6
