different between xeraphim vs seraphim

English

Alternative forms

• xeraphin, xerapheen

Etymology

From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic ????????? (ašr?f), plural form of ??????? (šar?f, “highborn”).

Noun

xeraphim (plural xeraphims)

1. (obsolete) An old monetary unit of Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.

References

• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913).

English

Etymology

From Latin seraphim, from Hebrew ?????????? (s'rafím), plural of ??????? (saráf) of which the meaning is uncertain; perhaps related to the root ???? (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

seraphim

1. plural of seraph

Coordinate terms

• cherubim

Translations

Anagrams

• pesharim, samphire

Latin

Alternative forms

• seraphin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?se.ra.p?i?m/, [?s???äp?i?m]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?se.ra.fim/, [?s????fim]

Noun

seraph?m m (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,