STRONGS NUMBER H8314

H8314. saraph

I. שָׂרָף‎ noun masculine^{Isaiah 14:29} a serpent, usually venomous (possibly from above v, 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 שׂ ׳נָחָשׁ‎ Deuteronomy 8:15, plural הַשְּׂרָפִים הַנְּחָשִׁים‎ Numbers 21:6; a flying serpent, or dragon, מְעוֺפֵף שָׂרָף‎ Isaiah 14:29; 30:6.

II. [שָׂרָף‎] noun masculine^{Isaiah 6:2} plural שְׂרָפִים‎ seraphim (probably akin to I. ׳שׂ‎, as beings originally mythically conceived with serpents' bodies (serpent-deities, compare 14:29; 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 6:2, 6.