Isaiah 6:2
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
שֵׁשׁ
shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
כָּנָף
kânâph
an 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...
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
עוּף
ʻûwph
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
Key Terms in This Verse
עוּף ʻûwph
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
Study H5774 →כָּנָף kânâph
an 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 pinnacle
Study H3671 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →שֵׁשׁ shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
Study H8337 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →Cross References
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to ...
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clo...
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the oth...
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their w...
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three a...
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims b...
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
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