Seraphim

Illustration of Seraphim

The seraphim - 'burning ones' - appear in Isaiah's vision of the throne room, six-winged beings who hover above the enthroned LORD crying 'Holy, holy, holy' to one another. One of them took a live coal from the altar to cleanse Isaiah's lips. They embody unceasing worship and the purifying holiness of God's presence.

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Strongest connections in Scripture
Isaiah 6

Key Passages

Isaiah's Vision of the Seraphim

Isaiah 6:1-4

Six-winged seraphim cry 'Holy, holy, holy' above the throne, and the very doorposts shake at their voice.

I1n the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

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Did You Know?

1

'Seraphim' means 'burning ones.'

2

They appear by name only once in Scripture - in Isaiah's throne-room vision.

3

Each has six wings: two cover the face, two the feet, and two are for flying.

4

Their cry 'Holy, holy, holy' is the only attribute of God repeated three times in Scripture.