Seraph

A seraph (Hebrew: שָׂרָף, romanized: sārāf; plural seraphimHebrew: שְׂרָפִים, romanized: sərāfīm) is a celestial or heavenly being originating in Ancient Judaism. The term plays a role in subsequent Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Tradition places seraphim in the highest rank in Christian angelology and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy. A seminal passage in the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1–8) used the term to describe six-winged beings that fly around the Throne of God crying out "holy, holy, holy". This throne scene, with its triple invocation of holiness, profoundly influenced subsequent theology, literature, and art. Its influence is frequently seen in works depicting angels, heaven, and apotheosis. Seraphim are mentioned as celestial beings in the semicanonical Book of Enoch and the canonicalBook of Revelation.