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Lexicon :: Strong's H8314 - śārāp̄

Strong's

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שָׂרָף

Transliteration

śārāp̄

Pronunciation

saw-rawf'

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Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From שָׂרַף (H8313)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2292a,2292b

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8314: Abbreviations

† I. שָׂרָף noun masculine^{Isaiah 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 Jacob^{Arabic 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 masculine^{Isaiah 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 (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׳ Isaiah 6:2,6.

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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

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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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Num 21:6 - The LORD^H3068 sent^H7971 fiery^H8314 serpents^H8314 among the people^H5971 and they bit^H5391 the people,^H5971 so that many^H7227 people^H5971 of Israel^H3478 died.^H4191

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Num 21:8 - Then the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to Moses,^H4872 “[fn]Make^H6213 a fiery^H8314 serpent, and set^H7760 it on a standard;^H5251 and it shall come^H1961 about, that everyone^H3605 who is bitten,^H5391 when he looks^H7200 at it, he will live.”^H2421

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Deu 8:15 - “He led^H1980 you through the great^H1419 and terrible^H3372 wilderness,^H4057 with its fiery^H8314 serpents^H8314 and scorpions^H6137 and thirsty^H6774 ground^H6774 where^H834 there^H369 was no^H369 water;^H4325 He brought^H3318 water^H4325 for you out of the rock^H6697 of flint.^H2496

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Isa 6:2 - Seraphim^H8314 stood^H5975 above^H4605 Him, each^H259 having six^H8337 wings:^H3671 with two^H8147 he covered^H3680 his face,^H6440 and with two^H8147 he covered^H3680 his feet,^H7272 and with two^H8147 he flew.^H5774

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Isa 6:6 - Then one^H259 of the seraphim^H8314 flew^H5774 to me with a burning^H7531 coal^H7531 in his hand,^H3027 which he had taken^H3947 from the altar^H4196 with tongs.^H4457

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Isa 14:29 - “Do not rejoice,^H8055 O Philistia,^H6429 all^H3605 of you,
Because^H3588 the rod^H7626 that struck^H5221 you is broken;^H7665
For from the serpent’s^H5175 root^H8328 a viper^H6848 will come^H3318 out,
And its fruit^H6529 will be a flying^H5774 serpent.^H8314

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Isa 30:6 - The [fn]oracle^H4853 concerning the beasts^H929 of the Negev.^H5045
Through a land^H776 of distress^H6869 and anguish,^H6695
From [fn]where^H1992 come lioness^H3833 and lion,^H3918 viper^H660 and flying^H5774 serpent,^H8314
They carry^H5375 their riches^H2428 on the [fn]backs^H3802 of young^H5895 donkeys^H5895
And their treasures^H214 on camels’^H1581 humps,^H1707
To a people^H5971 who cannot^H3808 profit^H3276 them;

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