Ophanim
angelic sky Jewish corroborated · 3
Biblical wheels or heavenly beings associated with divine throne visions.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 BCE
- Attested period
- -600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- First attested in Ezekiel's vision (6th century BCE), with later elaborations in Dead Sea Scrolls and Books of Enoch.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- angels, demons, little people, Lord of the Flame, Azrael, Indra, Osiris, Argus Panoptes, Cuegle, Amun, Bes, Mokumokuren, Lord Shiva, Tripura Sundari, Adi Parashakti, Durga, Dodomeki, Ḥayyot haq-Qodesh
- allied with
- Archangels, Seraphim, cherubim, Seraphim
- syncretized with
- Thrones
Mentioned by
Sources
internet (1)
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Strassman also argues for a similarity in his study participants' descriptions of mechanized wheels, gears and machinery in these encounters, with those described in visions of encounters with the Living Creatures and Ophanim of the Hebrew Bible, noting they may stem from a common neuropsychopharmacological experience.”
#265 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“the heavenly Seraphim and Cherubim as well as the Ophanim continue to aid humans in spiritual evolution; as do the heavenly Archangels and Angels.”
#2220 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Ophanim in Judaism and Christianity are entities who resemble wheels with multiple eyes.”
#5097 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001