seraph
suomi-englanti sanakirjaseraph englannista suomeksi
serafi
Substantiivi
seraph englanniksi
A burning serpent, often winged, with human hands and sometimes feet; one of God's entourage. On Earth, they strike with burning poison; in Heaven, with burning coal. A description can be found at the beginning of Isaiah chapter 6.
A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God.
(quote-book)|chapter=XXIII|passage=From these uncordial reveries he is roused by a cordial slap on the shoulder, accompanied by a spicy volume of tobacco-smoke, out of which came a voice, sweet as a seraph's
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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,
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