A class or a type of celestial or heavenly being, or angel, mentioned in the scriptures. Isaiah used this term to describe a type of six-winged being, either a man or a snake, that flies around the Throne of God crying “holy, holy, holy” (Isaiah 6:1–8). The Hebrew word “saraph” means “burning.” These may be the same angels from Revelation 4:8 that say, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.” The only known way to repel these angels when they are sent against mankind is to make an image of a snake on a cross or staff and look at it.
See 3 Moses 51:6-12; Numbers 21:6–8; Deuteronomy 8:15; 6:2–6, 14:29, 30:6; Helaman 3:47-48 RAV, 8:14-15 OPV; Revelation 4:4-8; Zenos 2:14-15.