Fiery flying serpent
The Israelites bitten by fiery serpents (Book of Numbers chapter 21). A print from the Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible illustrations
The fiery flying serpent is a snake creature mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Isaiah, the Book of Numbers, etc.). In biology it is the Echis coloratus (saw-scale viper).[1]
Name
"Fiery flying serpent" is an English translation of the Hebrew words שרף מעופף, shārāp (a "fiery serpent") me‘ōpêp ("flying").[2]
Fiery Flying Serpent Media
The Israelites bitten by fiery serpents (Book of Numbers chapter 21). A print from the Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible illustrations
Echis coloratus (saw-scale viper)
References
- ↑ Millett, Ronald P.; Pratt, John P. (June 9, 2000). Illustrated by Randal Baker. "What Fiery Flying Serpent Symbolized Christ?". Meridian Magazine. https://www.johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/meridian/2000/serpent.html.
- ↑ Hebrew Text Analysis: Isaiah 14:29. Biblehub