שָׂרָף
śārāp
seraphim
Strong's H8314NounHebrewTWOT 2292a

שָׂרָף (śārāp) is a Hebrew noun meaning seraphim. It appears 7 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8314).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2292a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2292a)serpent; burning, poisonous, saraph; fiery, seraph
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׂרָף noun, masculine: serpent

a serpent, usually venomous

Strong's H8314 שָׂרָף: burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)
KJV:fiery (serpent), seraph.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2292: סָרַף sārap — burn; cremate, be, of kin, set, on fire

See it in Scripture

Numbers 21:6Deuteronomy 8:15Isaiah 6:2

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