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Lexicon :: Strong's H8314 - śārāp̄

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שָׂרָף
Transliteration
śārāp̄
Pronunciation
saw-rawf'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2292a,2292b

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂרָף sârâph, saw-rawf'; from H8313; burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color):—fiery (serpent), seraph.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H8314 in the following manner: fiery serpent (3x), fiery (2x), seraphim (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H8314 in the following manner: fiery serpent (3x), fiery (2x), seraphim (2x).

  1. serpent, fiery serpent

    1. poisonous serpent (fiery from burning effect of poison)

  2. seraph, seraphim

    1. majestic beings with 6 wings, human hands or voices in attendance upon God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂרָף sârâph, saw-rawf'; from H8313; burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color):—fiery (serpent), seraph.
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 JacobArabic 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 (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 י׳ Isaiah 6:2,6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H8314

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Strong's Number H8314 matches the Hebrew שָׂרָף (śārāp̄),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - quam ob rem misit Dominus in populum ignitos serpentes ad quorum plagas et mortes plurimorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - et locutus est Dominus ad eum fac serpentem et pone eum pro signo qui percussus aspexerit eum vivet

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - et ductor tuus fuit in solitudine magna atque terribili in qua erat serpens flatu adurens et scorpio ac dipsas et nullae omnino aquae qui eduxit rivos de petra durissima

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - seraphin stabant super illud sex alae uni et sex alae alteri duabus velabant faciem eius et duabus velabant pedes eius et duabus volabant

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 - et volavit ad me unus de seraphin et in manu eius calculus quem forcipe tulerat de altari

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - ne laeteris Philisthea omnis tu quoniam comminuta est virga percussoris tui de radice enim colubri egredietur regulus et semen eius absorbens volucrem

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - onus iumentorum austri in terra tribulationis et angustiae leaena et leo ex eis vipera et regulus volans portantes super umeros iumentorum divitias suas et super gibbum camelorum thesauros suos ad populum qui eis prodesse non poterit
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