SERAPHIMS

Noun

seraphims

plural of seraph

Usage notes

• This pluralization is non-standard, but occurs in at least two places in the King James Version of the Bible. The standard pluralizations are seraphs and seraphim.

Anagrams

• misphrase, misshaper, samphires

Source: Wiktionary


SERAPHIM

Ser"a*phim, n.

Definition: The Hebrew plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim.

Note: The double plural form seraphims is sometimes used, as in the King James version of the Bible, Isa. vi. 2 and 6.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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