seraphim

[ ser-uh-fim ]

noun

1. a plural of seraph.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seraphim¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English seraphin < Late Latin (Vulgate) seraphim < Hebrew śərāphīm

Example Sentences

Hath not he also said, "He must, last of all, drink the blood of the infant from the crystal cup of the king and the seraphim?"

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One little pleasant sentence spoken in the morning will ring all day in a sensitive heart like the song of a seraphim.

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Above the throne, or rather round it, like the courtiers surrounding the throne of an Eastern monarch, stand the seraphim.

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He's almost up to where 'the cherubim and seraphim continually do sing.'

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His ranks of the Cherubim are beside Him, and the armies of the Seraphim are dreadful.

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