cherub

See also Cherub

English

A cherub, as described by Ezekiel.

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerúv)

Pronunciation

• enPR: chĕrʹəb, IPA: /ˈtʃɛrəb/, X-SAMPA: /"tSEr@b/

Noun

cherub (plural cherubs or cherubim)

1. A winged creature represented over 90 times in the Bible as attending on God, later seen as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim. First mention is in Genesis 3:24
2. A statue or other depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child.
3. (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly innocent or angelic.

Derived terms

• cherubic

Synonyms

• (winged child): putto
• (innocent or angelic person): angel, innocent

Translations

winged creature represented in the Bible as attending on God

• Armenian: քերովբե (hy) (kʿerovbe) 
• Bulgarian: херувим (bg) (heruvím) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 智天使 (cmn) (zhìtiānshǐ), 基路伯 (cmn) (jīlùbó)

• Czech: cherubín (cs) m
• Danish: kerub (da) c
• Faroese: kerúbur (fo) m
• French: chérubin (fr) m
• Galician: querubín (gl) m
• Georgian: ქერუბინი (ka) (kerubini) 
• German: Cherub (de) m

• Hebrew: כְּרוּב (he) (kerúv) m
• Hungarian: kerub (hu)
• Icelandic: kerúb (is) m (kerúbím)
• Japanese: 智天使 (ja) (ちてんし, chitenshi), ケルブ (ja) (kerubu)
• Macedonian: херувим (mk) (héruvim) m
• Polish: cherubin (pl) m, cherub (pl) m
• Portuguese: querubim (pt)
• Russian: херувим (ru) (xeruvím) m 
• Slovak: cherubín (sk) m
• Spanish: querubín (es) m
• Swedish: kerub (sv) c

statue or other depiction of such a being

• Galician: querubín (gl) m
• Hungarian: kerub (hu)
• Macedonian: херувим (mk) (héruvim) m

• Portuguese: querubim (pt) m
• Russian: херувим (ru) (xeruvím) m 

person seen as being particularly innocent or angelic

• Czech: andílek (cs) m
• Macedonian: ангелче (mk) (ángelče) n

• Russian: ангелок (ru) (angelók) m , ангелочек (ru) (angelóček) m 

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Translations to be checked

• Finnish: kerubi (fi)
• French: chérubin (fr) m
• German: Cherub (de) m
• Hebrew: כרוּב (keruv) m
• Italian: cherubino (it) m

• Japanese: 智天使 (ja) (ちてんし, chitenshi)
• Latin: cherub (la) m
• Spanish: querubín (es) m

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkeː.rub/

Noun

cherub m

1. cherub
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Exodus 25:19

     cherub unus sit in latere uno et alter in altero

     place one cherub on one side, and the other [cherub] on the other [side]

Inflection

Nominative plural cherubin