Fiery flying serpent

right|thumb|250px|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 (Hebrew: שָׂרָף מְעוֹפֵף, sārāf mə‘ōfēf; Greek: ὄφεις πετόμενοι; in Latin: draco volans) is a creature mentioned in the Book of Isaiah in the Tanakh. The term translated as "fiery serpent" appears elsewhere in the Book of Isaiah to signify the seraphim, the singular form of which is also saraph. Quotes about Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. Book of Isaiah 14:29 KJV. The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. Book of Isaiah 30:6 KJV. Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;... Book of Deuteronomy 8:15 KJV. And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. Book of Numbers 21:6-8 KJV. See also Dragon External links Category:Book of Isaiah