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ser⋅aph
[ser-uh
f] 
–noun, plural -aphs, -a⋅phim [-uh-fim] .
[-uh-fim] . | 1. | one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6. |
| 2. | a member of the highest order of angels, often represented as a child's head with wings above, below, and on each side. |
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| ser·aph (sěr'əf) n. pl. ser·a·phim (-ə-fĭm) or ser·aphs
[Back-formation from pl. seraphim, from Middle English seraphin, from Old English, from Late Latin seraphīn, seraphīm, from Greek serapheim, from Hebrew śərāpîm, pl. of śārāp, fiery serpent, seraph, from śārap, to burn; see śrp1 in Semitic roots.] se·raph'ic (sə-rāf'ĭk), se·raph'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., se·raph'i·cal·ly adv. |
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Seraph
Ser"aph\, n.; pl. E. Seraphs, Heb. Seraphim. [Heb. ser[=a]phim, pl.] One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. --Isa. vi. 2. As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. --Pope. Seraph moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus Lobophora, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings.
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Language Translation for : seraph
Spanish:
serafín,
German:
die Serenade,
Japanese:
天使
seraph
1667, first used by Milton (probably on analogy of cherub/cherubim), singular back-formation from O.E. seraphim (pl.), from L.L. seraphim, from Gk. seraphim, from Heb. seraphim (only in Isa. vi), pl. of *saraph (which does not occur in the Bible), probably lit. "the burning one," from saraph "it burned." Seraphs were traditionally regarded as burning or flaming angels, though the word seems to have some etymological sense of "flying," perhaps from confusion with the root of Ar. sharafa "be lofty." Some scholars identify it with a word found in other passages interpreted as "fiery flying serpent."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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