German

Noun

Seraphim m

1. plural of Seraph

English

Noun

seraphim

1. plural of seraph

Coordinate terms

• cherubim

Related terms

• seraphic
• seraphs

Translations

Anagrams

• samphire

Latin

Alternative forms

• seraphin

Etymology

From Hebrew שְׂרָפִים ‎(s'rafím), plural of שָׂרָף ‎(saráf) of which the meaning is uncertain; perhaps related to the root שרף "to burn".

Noun

seraphīm m pl ‎(indeclinable)

1. The seraphim, a choir of angels.
   • Nova Vulgata, Isaiah 6:2&6

     Seraphim stabant iuxta eum; sex alae uni et sex alae alteri: duabus velabat faciem suam et duabus velabat pedes suos et duabus volabat.

     Et volavit ad me unus de seraphim, et in manu eius calculus, quem forcipe tulerat de altari,