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Lexicon :: Strong's G5502 - cheroub

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Χερούβ
Transliteration
cheroub (Key)
Pronunciation
kher-oo-beem'
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Part of Speech
neuter plural noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Plural of Hebrew origin כְּרוּב (H3742)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
13x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:438,1312

Strong’s Definitions

†χερουβίμ cheroubím, kher-oo-beem'; plural of Hebrew origin (H3742); "cherubim" (i.e. cherubs or kerubim):—cherubims.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5502 in the following manner: cherubim (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5502 in the following manner: cherubim (1x).

  1. cherubim, two golden figures of living creatures with two wings; they were fastened to the lid of the ark of the covenant in the holy of holies (both at the sacred tabernacle and of Solomon's temple) in such a manner that their faces were turned towards each other and down towards the lid, which they overshadowed with their expanded wings. Between these figures God was regarded as having fixed his dwelling place.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†χερουβίμ cheroubím, kher-oo-beem'; plural of Hebrew origin (H3742); "cherubim" (i.e. cherubs or kerubim):—cherubims.
STRONGS G5502:
χερουβιμ (R G) and Χερούβειν (L T Tr WH; in manuscripts also Χερουβιν, Χερουβειμ; (cf. Tdf Proleg., p. 84; WH's Appendix, p. 155a; and under the word εἰ, ἰ)), τά (neuter gender also in most places in the Sept.; rarely, as Exodus 25:18, 19, οἱ χερουβιμ; Χερουβεις in Exodus 25:18 (but this is a mistake; the form in Χερουβεις seems not to occur in the O. T.); in Philo τά χερουβιμ, in Josephus, οἱ Χερουβεις, Antiquities 3, 6, 5; αἱ Χερουβεις, ibid. 8, 3, 3; the use of the neuter gender seemed most suitable, because they were ζῷα; Χερουβεις ζῷα ἐστι πετεινά, μορφήν δ' ὀυδεναι τῶν ὑπ' ἀνθρώπων ἑωραμενων παραπλησια, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 5), Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (hardly of Semitic origin, but cognate to the Greek γρύψ, γρυπος (for the various opinions cf. Gesenius' Hebrew Lexicon, Mühlau and Volck edition, under the word כְּרוּב)), cherubim, two golden figures of living creatures with two wings; they were fastened to the lid of the ark of the covenant in the Holy of holies (both of the sacred tabernacle and of Solomon's temple) in such a manner that their faces were turned toward each other and down toward the lid, which they overshadowed with their expanded wings. Between these figures God was regarded as having fixed his dwelling-place (see δόξα, III. 1): Hebrews 9:5. In Ezekiel 1 and Ezekiel 10 another and far more elaborate form is ascribed to them; but the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews has Exodus 25:18-20 in mind. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Cherubim; Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 710f; Dillmann in Schenkel i. 509ff; Riehm, De Natura et Notione Symbolica Cheruborum (Basil. 1864); also his 'Die Cherubim in d. Stiftshütte u. im Tempel' in the Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1871, p. 399ff; and in his HWB, p. 227ff; (cf. Lenormant, Beginnings of History (N. Y. 1882), chapter iii.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
25:18; 25:18; 25:18; 25:19; 25:19; 25:20
Ezekiel
1; 10
Hebrews
9:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5502 matches the Greek Χερούβ (cheroub),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:18 - And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:19 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - Moreover 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - And 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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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:7 - And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:89

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
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