Lexicon / H3742
כְּרוּב
ke.ruv
  • cherub

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: 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.)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: cherub

כְּרוּב 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 91.