Strong H8314H8314Aשָׂרָף
serpent
One of the 2 senses of Strong H8314
- Transliteration
- ώârâph
- Pronunciation
- saw-rawf'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
1) serpent, fiery serpent
1a) poisonous serpent (fiery from burning effect of poison)
1a) poisonous serpent (fiery from burning effect of poison)
General definition
From H8313; {burning} that {is} (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color): - fiery ({serpent}) seraph.
In the Bible
Strong H8314A appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- serpent3
- fiery2
First verses
- Numbers 21:6And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Numbers 21:8And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
- Deuteronomy 8:15Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
- Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isaiah 30:6The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.