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  • noun irregular Plural form of cherub.

Etymologies

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From Hebrew cherubim כרוב, cherub + ‏-ים‎; the Hebrew is plural, but the translators chose to add -s when borrowing the word into the English form, probably because the readers of the Authorized Version would not be familiar with Hebrew or Latin plurals.

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  • I have read Genesis, and I have never seen it there or for that fact anywhere else in Gods word! so enlighten me If you can! well first let me say a few things that will help you understand; God created all things He created the Angels, some were created for Praising God with songs continuous and not so unlikely there are Angels that are mighty beyond words or imaginations and there are only at one time four mentioned in the word, and they are called cherubims but now are just three that are talked about as guarding things such as the Arch of God, now the Arch angels have four face's this is important for understanding: AND AS FOLLOWS ARE THE FOUR FACES IN ORDER; they four had the face of a Man, this is the face that is looking forward; and each cherubim had the face of a lion on the right side, and the four had the face of an Ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an Eagle to the rear. now angels Do Not have wings, however the

    Recent Activity 2010

  •   I have read Genesis, and I have never seen it there or for that fact anywhere else in Gods word! so enlighten  me If you can! well first let me say a few things that will help you understand;   God created all things He created the Angels, some were created for Praising God with songs continuous and not so unlikely there are Angels that are mighty beyond words or imaginations and there are only at one time four mentioned in the word, and they are called cherubims  but now are just three that are talked about as guarding things such as the Arch of God, now the

    Recent Activity 2010

  • I have read Genesis, and I have never seen it there or for that fact anywhere else in Gods word! so enlighten me If you can! well first let me say a few things that will help you understand; God created all things He created the Angels, some were created for Praising God with songs continuous and not so unlikely there are Angels that are mighty beyond words or imaginations and there are only at one time four mentioned in the word, and they are called cherubims but now are just three that are talked about as guarding things such as the Arch of God, now the Arch angels have four face's this is important for understanding: AND AS FOLLOWS ARE THE FOUR FACES IN ORDER; they four had the face of a Man, this is the face that is looking forward; and each cherubim had the face of a lion on the right side, and the four had the face of an Ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an Eagle to the rear. now angels Do Not have wings, however the

    Recent Activity 2010

  •   I have read Genesis, and I have never seen it there or for that fact anywhere else in Gods word! so enlighten  me If you can! well first let me say a few things that will help you understand;   God created all things He created the Angels, some were created for Praising God with songs continuous and not so unlikely there are Angels that are mighty beyond words or imaginations and there are only at one time four mentioned in the word, and they are called cherubims  but now are just three that are talked about as guarding things such as the Arch of God, now the

    Recent Activity 2010

  • So God sent down cherubims from heaven and said to Adam and Eve, I am going to drive you out of your honeymoon suite that I built for lovers to dwell in, and I am going to send you out into the world.

    FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST T. D. JAKES 2010

  • Fears make devils of cherubims; they never see truly.

    [gunpowder plot] what would follow 2009

  • Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. —

    The Dor�� Gallery of Bible Illustrations 2008

  • Those cherubims and seraphims are up to all sorts of tricks.

    A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007

  • Those cherubims and seraphims are up to all sorts of tricks.

    A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007

  • The bright form, lifting up my charmer through it to a firmament stuck round with golden cherubims and seraphims, indicates the charming little boys and girls, that will be the fruits of this happy reconciliation.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

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