H8314 - שָׂרָף (sârâph)

H8314 שָׂרָף (sârâph) saw-rawf'

Hebrew

Biblical Persons & Places

Seraph An angel in the Old Testament

An angel in the Old Testament; called Seraph (שָׂרָף)

Strong's Definition

burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)

Derivation: from H8313 (שָׂרַף);

KJV Usage: fiery (serpent), seraph.

TWOT Reference: 2292a,b

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G785 G3789

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׂרָף śârâph BDB Definition: 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/Strongs Number: from H8313 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2292a, 2292b Total KJV Occurrences: 11

Bible Occurrences (7)

21:6 21:8

8:15

6:2 6:6 14:29 30:6

Numbers 21:6

So the LORD sent venomous snakes among [the people], and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.

Numbers 21:8

Then the LORD said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole.... When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless [land]. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

Isaiah 6:2

Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two [wings] they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

Isaiah 6:6

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

Isaiah 14:29

Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.

Isaiah 30:6

[This is] the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion,... of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.