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‖ ophannim, ophanim|əʊˈfænɪm| [Heb. ōfannīm wheels.] The ‘wheels’ mentioned, in Ezekiel i and x, as accompanying the living creatures or cherubim: treated in the ‘Book of Enoch’ as an order of angels.
1821R. Laurence Bk. of Enoch (1838) 83 Then the Seraphim, the Cherubim, and Ophanin surrounded it. 1839Bailey Festus vi. (1852) 80 Not where the anteformal seraphs beam, Nor cherubim, with winged countenance, but Where roll the bright Ophanim. 1892A. B. Davidson Ezekiel 9 In the Book of Enoch ‘wheels’ (Ophannim) are a class of angels named along with Seraphim and Cherubim. |