שָׂרָף
sârâph · saw-rawf'
burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8313 (שָׂרַף);
burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)
- burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent)
- specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fiery (serpent), seraph.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › to speak, the word
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂרָף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- serpent2 · 22%
- fiery1 · 11%
- thee a fiery serpent1 · 11%
- wherein were fiery1 · 11%
- the seraphims1 · 11%
- of the seraphims1 · 11%
- shall be a fiery1 · 11%
- and fiery1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.