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seraphim |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seraphim \Ser"a*phim\, n. The Hebrew plural of {Seraph}. Cf {Cherubim}. Note: The double plural form seraphims is sometimes used as in the King James version of the Bible, --Isa. vi 2 and 6. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Seraphim mentioned in Isa. 6:2, 3, 6, 7. This word means fiery ones, in allusion, as is supposed, to their burning love. They are represented as standing" above the King as he sat upon his throne, ready at once to minister unto him Their form appears to have been human, with the addition of wings. (See {ANGELS}.) This word in the original, is used elsewhere only of the "fiery serpents" (Num. 21:6, 8; Deut. 8:15; comp. Isa. 14:29; 30:6) sent by God as his instruments to inflict on the people the righteous penalty of sin. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Seraphim, burning; fiery
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