Cherub
כְּרוּבStrong’s H3742keruv (ke-ruv)
Appears in 66 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Keruv is the Hebrew word usually translated “cherubim” and “cherub”. It appears in 66 verses of the Old Testament.
“So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Meaning
- Cherub, cherubim (pl)an angelic being
How it's translated
- the cherubim 43
- cherubim 18
- the cherub 16
- a cherub 5
- and a cherub 3
- and cherubim 1
- and the cherubim 1
- to the cherubim 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 22
- 1 Kings 13
- Exodus 11
- 2 Chronicles 8
- Psalms 3
- 2 Samuel 2
12 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 25:18And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
- Exodus 25:19And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
- Exodus 25:20And 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 be.
- Exodus 25:22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
- Exodus 26:1Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
- Exodus 26:31And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
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Hebrew dictionary
כְּרוּב keruv · cherub
1) cherub, cherubim (pl) 1a) an angelic being 1a1) as guardians of Eden 1a2) as flanking God's throne 1a3) as an image form hovering over the Ark of the Covenant 1a4) as the chariot of Jehovah (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cherub” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHERUB, noun
plural Cherubs, but the Hebrew plural cherubim is also used.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.