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Χερουβίμ Prop.n. Cherubim
Strong's Definition
plural of Hebrew origin (3742); "cherubim" (i.e. cherubs or kerubim)
KJV Usage: cherubims
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun-name, n. | · pl. Χερουβίν/Χερουβείν | indeclinable
6.99 · Artifacts · Images and Idols
winged creature, cherubim in the NT the image of the winged creature that stood over the covenant box (but in certain OT contexts, supernatural winged creatures) Since it is difficult to employ a satisfactory descriptive equivalent of χερούβ, most translators have simply employed a borrowed term and have described the appearance of the χερούβ in a glossary or marginal note. In English, however, it is impossible to use ‘cherub,’ since cherubs are known simply as ‘baby angels’ (typical of Valentine cards). In some English translations the plural form of χερούβ, namely, ‘cherubim,’ has been employed, but for some persons cherubim is a singular with an analogically formed plural cherubims. In general, for χερούβ one can best employ a phrase, either ‘the image of a winged creature’ or ‘a winged creature.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Χερούβ Cheroub 1x
also spelled Χερουβείν and Χερουβίμ, indecl. cherub, a two-winged figure over the ark of the covenant, Heb. 9:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† Χερουβείν (Rec. -βίμ), τά (Heb. כְּרוּבׅים), Cherubim: He 9:6 (cf. Ex 25:17 (18), al.; v. DB, i, 377 ff.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χερουβείν, ‘*cherubin” (Heb 95), transliterated from the Aramaic (-e(p, Hebrew): cf. Wiinsch A” p. 12% τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τῶν χερουβί, P Lond 121° (iii/A.p.) (=I. p. 93) ἐπὶ XepovBly καθήμενον, and similarly ®%4%. See also Revue Biblique xxxv. (1926), pp. 328 ff., 421 ff., and the other reff. in Preuschen-Bauer Worterb. s.v.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χερουβίμ (cheroubim) — Cherub. Transliteration of Hebrew כְּרוּב 'cherub' [H3742]. Not in LSJ.