King James Version
Isaiah 6:2 in the King James Version says “Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Isaiah 6:2 · KJV
In 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. his: or, the skirts thereof
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.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. one: Heb. this cried to this the whole: Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. door: Heb. thresholds
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the seraphims”
H8314burning, i.e., (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)
“it stood”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“Above”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
“had six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“wings”
H3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna
“had six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“wings”
H3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna
“he covered”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
“his face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“he covered”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
“his feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“he did fly”
H5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
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