Word Study · Strong's H8314 · Hebrew
שָׂרָף
saraph
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Strong's 1890 spelling: sârâph
“burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)
Rendered in the KJV as
fiery (serpent), seraph.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- הַשְּׂרָפִ֔ים2
- וְשָׂרָ֣ף1
- שָׂרָ֔ף1
- שָׂרָף֙1
- שָׂרָ֥ף1
- שְׂרָפִ֨ים1
How it is rendered · 7
- [will be] a serpent1
- a saraph1
- and serpent1
- fiery1
- seraphim1
- the saraphs1
- the seraphim1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 3
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNtmpa · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
- HTd/Ntmpa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 21:6הַשְּׂרָפִ֔יםhaserafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralSo the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.here: the saraphs
- Numbers 21:8שָׂרָ֔ףsarafnoun · masculine singularThen 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.”here: a saraph
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 6:2שְׂרָפִ֨יםserafimnoun · masculine pluralAbove 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.here: seraphim
- Isaiah 6:6הַשְּׂרָפִ֔יםhaserafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThen one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.here: the seraphim
- Isaiah 14:29שָׂרָ֥ףsarafnoun · masculine singularDo 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.here: [will be] a serpent
- Isaiah 30:6וְשָׂרָ֣ףvesarafconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThis 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.here: and serpent
Same headword in Strong's