Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
cherub .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The Hebrew plural of
cherub .. Cf.seraphim .
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- noun Plural form of
cherub .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Testament writers used the word cherubim to designate angels, not merely to express ideas, can be best gathered from Gen., iii, 24, where God sets cherubim at the entrance of Paradise.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Usually, we see a couple of shapes -- the little pudgy, baby-shaped angels, we call cherubim; and the two winged, blonde-haired feminine beauties we often top our trees with.
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Usually, we see a couple of shapes -- the little pudgy, baby-shaped angels, we call cherubim; and the two winged, blonde-haired feminine beauties we often top our trees with.
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To make sure no person would ever enter the garden again, the Lord dispatched angelic beings called cherubim to guard the place.
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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To make sure no person would ever enter the garden again, the Lord dispatched angelic beings called cherubim to guard the place.
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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To make sure no person would ever enter the garden again, the Lord dispatched angelic beings called cherubim to guard the place.
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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To make sure no person would ever enter the garden again, the Lord dispatched angelic beings called cherubim to guard the place.
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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Finally, In this place angels are called cherubim, for the same reason that the name of the body of Christ is transferred to the sacred bread of the Lord's Supper.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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(Ezek. 1), is permanently and before all others immediately united to Him; for the explanation of the Holy Scripture tells us that the most holy throne and the many-eyed and many-winged ranks, which in Hebrew are called cherubim and seraphim, stand before God in the closest proximity.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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Of the third saith David: Adscendit super cherubim, He ascended above cherubim, that is above the plenitude of science and of knowledge.
The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900
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