H8314. saraph
I. שָׂרָף noun masculine[Isa 14:29] a serpent, usually venomous (possibly from above v, from burning effect of poison); — absolute ׳שׂ [Num 21:8] (J E; on Arabic parallels see JacobArabic Dichter ii. 93, iv. 10 f.), apposition שׂ ׳נָחָשׁ [Deut 8:15], plural הַשְּׂרָפִים הַנְּחָשִׁים [Num 21:6]; a flying serpent, or dragon, מְעוֺפֵף שָׂרָף [Isa 14:29]; [30:6].
II. [שָׂרָף] noun masculine[Isa 6:2] plural שְׂרָפִים seraphim (probably akin to I. ׳שׂ, as beings originally mythically conceived with serpents' bodies (serpent-deities, compare [14:29]; [30:6]), or (CheComm.) personified of lightning, compare arts. SERAPHIM, StrachanHast. DB CheEncy. Bib.; Di Marti and others compare also Egyptian guardian-griffins, called Šerref; see also כְּרוּב; on Assyrian Šarrapu (-bu), epithet of god Nergal, connected by DlWB with √ שָׂרַף, see שָׁרָב, ZimKAT 3. 415); — in OT. majestic beings with six wings, and human hands and voices, attendant upon ׳י [6:2], [6].