χερουβ
cherub
Where this word appears
Every passage where χερουβ appears in the Greek Septuagint — 18 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 25:19 χερουβ They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and you shall make the two cherubs on the two sides.
- Exodus 25:19 χερουβ They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and you shall make the two cherubs on the two sides.
- Exodus 38:7 χερουβ one cherub on the one end of the propitiatory, and another cherub on the other end of the propitiatory,
- Exodus 38:7 χερουβ one cherub on the one end of the propitiatory, and another cherub on the other end of the propitiatory,
- 2 Samuel 22:11 χερουβ And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.
- 1 Kings 6:24 χερουβ And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, and his other wing was five cubits; ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing.
- 1 Kings 6:25 χερουβ Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure.
- 1 Kings 6:26 χερουβ And the height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it with the second cherub.
- 1 Kings 6:26 χερουβ And the height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it with the second cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 χερουβ And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 χερουβ
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 χερουβ
- Ezekiel 10:9 χερουβ And I saw, and behold, four wheels stood by the cherubs, one wheel by each cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of a carbuncle stone.
- Ezekiel 28:14 χερουβ From the day that you were created you was with the cherub: I set you on the holy mount of God; you were in the midst of the stones of fire.
- Ezekiel 28:16 χερουβ Of the abundance of your merchandise you have filled your storehouses with iniquity, and have sinned: therefore you have been cast down wounded from the mount of God, and the cherub has brought you out of the midst of the stones of fire.
- Ezekiel 41:18 χερουβ were carved cherubs and palm-trees between the cherubs, and each cherub had two faces.
- Ezekiel 41:18 χερουβ were carved cherubs and palm-trees between the cherubs, and each cherub had two faces.
- Ezekiel 41:18 χερουβ were carved cherubs and palm-trees between the cherubs, and each cherub had two faces.
About this word
About this word
χερουβ (cheroub), “cherub,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 18 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →