cherubims

See also: Cherubims

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

cherubims

  1. (irregular) plural of cherub
  2. plural of cherubim

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