χερούβ

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כְּרוּב (kərūḇ).^[1]

χερούβ • (kheroúb) n or m (genitive χερούβ); irregular declension

1. (Koine) cherub

   Coordinate term: σεράφ (seráph)

   • Old Testament, Genesis 3:24
   • Old Testament, Exodus 25:17-25:21
   • Old Testament, 2 Samuel 22:11
   • Old Testament, Ezekiel 10:3
   • 93/94 CE, Titus Flavius Josephus, chapter 6, in Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία [The Jewish Antiquities]‎^[1], volume 3, line 137:

     τῷ δὲ ἐπιθέματι αὐτῆς ἦσαν πρόστυποι δύο, Χερουβεῖς μὲν αὐτοὺς Ἑβραῖοι καλοῦσι,

     tōî dè epithémati autês êsan próstupoi dúo, Kheroubeîs mèn autoùs Hebraîoi kaloûsi,

     Upon this its cover were two images, which the Hebrews call Cherubim;

• Chiefly used in the plural.