TBESH · H8314A
שָׂרָף · sa.raph · serpent
1) serpent, fiery serpent 1a) poisonous serpent (fiery from burning effect of poison)
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שָׂרָף (sa.raph) means “serpent” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: saw-rawf' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׂרָף · sa.raph · serpent
1) serpent, fiery serpent 1a) poisonous serpent (fiery from burning effect of poison)
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שָׂרָף · sa.raph · Seraph
Seraph, seraphim 1a) majestic beings with 6 wings, human hands or voices in attendance upon God
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from H8313 (שָׂרַף); burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)
KJV glosses: fiery (serpent), seraph.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| serpent | 2 |
| a fiery serpent | 1 |
| seraphim | 1 |
| the seraphim | 1 |
| venomous | 1 |
| with its venomous | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| fiery | 2 |
| serpent | 2 |
| a fiery | 1 |
| and fiery | 1 |
| of the seraphims | 1 |
| the seraphims | 1 |
| thee a fiery serpent | 1 |
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So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
Read word by wordThen 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.”
Read word by wordHe led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
Read word by wordAbove 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.
Read word by wordThen one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
Read word by wordDo 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.
Read word by wordThis 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.
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