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H3743 כְּרוּב (Kᵉrûwb) ker-oob'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

the same as 3742; Kerub, a place in Bab.: -Cherub.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כְּרוּב (ke.ruv) — Cherub.

§ Cherub = "blessing" an apparent exilic settlement in Babylonia from which some persons of doubtful extraction returned with Zerubbabel

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

cherub, winged creature = heavenly creature with wings, ► carrying the throne of God, symbol of God's majesty, and associated with his presence The cherubim have a close connection to the temple and the manifestation of the deity due to their apotropaic function. Their association with vegetation in the temple iconography and in Gn 3.24 is linked to the idea that they served as boundary markers, designating and guarding sacred space.

GEN 3:24 · EXO 25:18 · EXO 25:19 · EXO 25:19 · EXO 25:19 · EXO 25:20 · EXO 25:20 · EXO 25:22 · EXO 26:1 · EXO 26:31 · EXO 36:8 · EXO 36:35 · EXO 37:7 · EXO 37:8 · EXO 37:8 · EXO 37:8 · EXO 37:9 · EXO 37:9 · NUM 7:89 · 1SA 4:4 · 2SA 6:2 · 2SA 22:11 · 1KI 6:23 · 1KI 6:24 · 1KI 6:24 · 1KI 6:25 · 1KI 6:25 · 1KI 6:26 · 1KI 6:26 · 1KI 6:27 · 1KI 6:27 · 1KI 6:27 · 1KI 6:28 · 1KI 6:29 · 1KI 6:32 · 1KI 6:32 · 1KI 6:35 · 1KI 7:29 · 1KI 7:36 · 1KI 8:6 · 1KI 8:7 · 1KI 8:7 · 2KI 19:15 · 1CH 13:6 · 1CH 28:18 · 2CH 3:7 · 2CH 3:10 · 2CH 3:11 · 2CH 3:11 · 2CH 3:12 · 2CH 3:12 · 2CH 3:13 · 2CH 3:14 · 2CH 5:7 · 2CH 5:8 · 2CH 5:8 · PSA 18:11 · PSA 80:2 · PSA 99:1 · ISA 37:16 · EZK 9:3 · EZK 10:1 · EZK 10:2 · EZK 10:2 · EZK 10:3 · EZK 10:4 · EZK 10:5 · EZK 10:6 · EZK 10:7 · EZK 10:7 · EZK 10:7 · EZK 10:8 · EZK 10:9 · EZK 10:9 · EZK 10:9 · EZK 10:14 · EZK 10:15 · EZK 10:16 · EZK 10:16 · EZK 10:18 · EZK 10:19 · EZK 10:20 · EZK 11:22 · EZK 28:14 · EZK 28:16 · EZK 41:18 · EZK 41:18 · EZK 41:18 · EZK 41:18 · EZK 41:20 · EZK 41:25

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Names of Locations

Cherub = town; ◄ located in Babylon; ► from which a group of Jews returned to Israel

EZR 2:59 · NEH 7:61

Reinier de Blois; A. Wood

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כְּרוּב 91 n.m. cherub the living chariot of the theophanic God

as guards of the garden of Eden

as the throne of Yahweh Sabaoth

P gives an account

K and Ch describe the cherubim of the temple

Ezekiel describes the cherubim

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