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Strong's #5502 - χερουβίμ

Transliteration
cheroubím
Phonetics
kher-oo-beem'
Origin
plural of Hebrew origin (H3742)
Parts of Speech
neuter plural noun
TDNT
9:438,1312
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  1. cherubim, two golden figures of living creatures with two wings; they were fastened to the lid of the ark of the covenant in the holy of holies (both at the sacred tabernacle and of Solomon's temple) in such a manner that their faces were turned towards each other and down towards the lid, which they overshadowed with their expanded wings. Between these figures God was regarded as having fixed his dwelling place.
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 3742 ‑ כְּרוּב (ker‑oob');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

χερουβιμ

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Thayer's Expanded Definition

χερουβιμ (R G) and Χερούβειν (L T Tr WH; in manuscripts also Χερουβιν, Χερουβειμ; (cf. Tdf Proleg., p. 84; WH's Appendix, p. 155a; and under the word εἰ, )), τά (neuter gender also in most places in the Sept.; rarely, as Exodus 25:18, 19, οἱ χερουβιμ; Χερουβεις in Exodus 25:18 (but this is a mistake; the form in Χερουβεις seems not to occur in the O. T.); in Philo τά χερουβιμ, in Josephus, οἱ Χερουβεις, Antiquities 3, 6, 5; αἱ Χερουβεις, ibid. 8, 3, 3; the use of the neuter gender seemed most suitable, because they were ζῷα; Χερουβεις ζῷα ἐστι πετεινά, μορφήν δ' ὀυδεναι τῶν ὑπ' ἀνθρώπων ἑωραμενων παραπλησια, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 5), Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (hardly of Semitic origin, but cognate to the Greek γρύψ, γρυπος (for the various opinions cf. Gesenius' Hebrew Lexicon, Mühlau and Volck edition, under the word כְּרוּב)), cherubim, two golden figures of living creatures with two wings; they were fastened to the lid of the ark of the covenant in the Holy of holies (both of the sacred tabernacle and of Solomon's temple) in such a manner that their faces were turned toward each other and down toward the lid, which they overshadowed with their expanded wings. Between these figures God was regarded as having fixed his dwelling-place (see δόξα, III. 1): Hebrews 9:5. In Ezekiel 1 and Ezekiel 10 another and far more elaborate form is ascribed to them; but the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews has Exodus 25:18-20 in mind. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Cherubim; Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 710f; Dillmann in Schenkel i. 509ff; Riehm, De Natura et Notione Symbolica Cheruborum (Basil. 1864); also his 'Die Cherubim in d. Stiftshütte u. im Tempel' in the Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1871, p. 399ff; and in his HWB, p. 227ff; (cf. Lenormant, Beginnings of History (N. Y. 1882), chapter iii.).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Χερουβείν

(Rec. -βίμ ), τά (Heb. H3742),

Cherubim: Hebrews 9:6 (cf. Exodus 25:17 (18), al.; v. DB, i, 377 ff.).†


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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

(1) ";here"; : P GrenfII.36.17 (B.C.95) ὧδε, ἢ ἐν Διοσπόλει, ( ";here, orinDiospolis,"; P Oxy IV. 736.92 (c. A.D. 1) ]τ ̣ε ὧδε ἐδείπνει, ";when he was dining here,"; BGU IV. 1097.11 (time of Claudius or Nero) ὧδέ ἐστιν παρ᾽ [ ]μοί, P Fay 123.10 (c. A.D. 100) ὡς ἔχωι ὧδε ἡμέρας ὀλίγας, ";as I am staying here a few days,"; P Oxy VIII. 1160.14 (iii/iv A.D.) διμήνου δὲ ἤργηκα ὧδη (l. ὧδε), ";I have been idle here for two months"; (Ed.), and ib. IX. 1222.3 (iv/A.D.) εἵνα θεραπεύσω αὐτὸν ὧδε ἔξω, ";in order that I may doctor him away here"; (Ed.).

For the metaph. usage = ";in this circumstance or connexion,"; as in 1Co. 4:2 al., cf. P Fay 117.12 (A.D. 108) ἐπὶ Ἔρ ̣α ̣σ ̣ο [ς ] τὰ Ἁρποχράτια ὧδε τάχα ιδ ̄ πυ ̣[ήσ ]ι, ";since Erasus is going to celebrate the festival of Harpocrates so soon on the 14th"; (Edd.), andP Meyer 22.6 (iii/iv A.D.) λήσωμε (l. λήμψομαι) ὧδε χαλκών (l. χαλκόν), ";I shall in this way receive the money.";

(2) ";hither"; : PSI VI. 599.3 (iii/B.C.) ἥκαμεν ὧδ ̣ε ̣ ὥστε ἐργάζεσθαι, ";we have come hither to work,"; P Oxy II. 295.4 (c. A.D.35) γίνωσκε ὅτι Σέλευκος ἐλθὼν ὧδε πέφευγε, ";know that Seleucus came hither and has fled,"; Preisigke 998.3 (A.D. 16–17) ἀπὸ χιμῶνος ἐλασθεὶς ὧδε, and the wall-scratching ib. 1854 Ἄσελλος ὧδε γέγον [α.

 


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εχέοντο κεχερσωμένη κεχυμέναι κεχυμένω κέχυται χεεί χείται χερούβ χερουβείμ Χερουβειν Χερουβεὶν χερουβίμ χερουβίν Χερουβὶν χερσαίος χέρσον χέρσος χέρσου χερσωθήσεται χηλών χυθήσεται Cheroubin Cheroubìn
 
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