Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
Cherub
Usage: Χερουβείν (Rec. -βίμ), τά (Heb. כְּרוּב), Cherubim: Heb.9:6 (cf. Exo.25:17 (18), al.; see DB, i, 377 ff.).† (AS)
Cheroubim means “cherubims” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5502 — cachaph (“scrape off”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5502 χερουβίμ (cheroubim) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. cheroubim (kher-ou-beem') n. 1. "cherubim" (i.e. cherubs or kerubim) [plural of Hebrew origin (H3742)] It has 70 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include cherubims. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
cheroubim (kher-ou-beem') n. 1. "cherubim" (i.e. cherubs or kerubim) [plural of Hebrew origin (H3742)] KJV: cherubims Root(s): H3742
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Cherub
Usage: Χερουβείν (Rec. -βίμ), τά (Heb. כְּרוּב), Cherubim: Heb.9:6 (cf. Exo.25:17 (18), al.; see DB, i, 377 ff.).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cheroubim, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 1 Enoch, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5502 (χερουβίμ) appears 85 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
66 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.
And thou shalt make two cherubs graven in gold, and thou shalt put them on both sides of the propitiatory.
They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and thou shalt make the two cherubs on the two sides.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision, Which was shown him upon the chariot of the cherubim.
2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.
of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were
of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire. And I looked and saw therein a lofty throne: its appearance was as crystal, and the wheels thereof as the shining sun, and there was the vision of
First 70 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5502.
And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.
And thou shalt make two cherubs graven in gold, and thou shalt put them on both sides of the propitiatory.
They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and thou shalt make the two cherubs on the two sides.
The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory.
And I will make myself known to thee from thence, and I will speak to thee above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge thee concerning the children of Israel.
And thou shalt make the tabernacle, ten curtains of fine linen spun, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun with cherubs; thou shalt make them with work of a weaver.
And thou shalt make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet woven, and fine linen spun: thou shalt make it cherubs in woven work.
And they made the veil of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, the woven work with cherubs.
And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs,
and the two cherubs of gold;
one cherub on the one end of the propitiatory, and another cherub on the other end of the propitiatory,
When Moses went into the tabernacle of witness to speak to God, then he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him from off the mercy seat, which is upon the ark of the testimony, between the two cherubs; and he spoke to him.
And the people sent to Shiloh, and they take thence the ark of the Lord who dwells between the cherubs: and both the sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were with the ark.
And David arose, and went, he and all the people that were with him, and some of the rulers of Judah, on an expedition to a distant place, to bring back thence the ark of God, on which the name of the Lord of Hosts who dwells between the cherubs upon it is called.
And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, And was seen upon the wings of the wind.
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
was ten cubits, and so was it with the second cherub.
were in the midst of the innermost part of the house; and they spread out their wings, and one wing touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings in the midst of the house touched each other.
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
he sculptured palm trees within and without the house.
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
there were palm trees and open flower leaves, and it was overlaid with gold gilded upon the engraving.
And upon their borders between the projections were lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below were the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.
And its borders were cherubs, and lions, and palm trees, upright, each was joined in front and within and round about.
And the priests bring in the ark into its place, into the oracle of the house, even into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs.
For the cherubs spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark and its holy things above.
and said, O Lord God of Israel, that dwellest over the cherubs, thou art the only God in all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
And David brought it up: and all Israel went up to the city of David, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of the Lord God who sits between the cherubim, whose name is called on it.
And he showed him the weight of the utensils of the altar of incense, which was of pure gold, and the plan of the chariot of the cherubs that spread out their wings, and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
And he gilded the house, and its inner walls, and the doorposts, and the roofs, and the doors with gold; and he carved cherubs on the walls.
And he built the holy of holies, its length was according to the front of the other house, the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and the length twenty cubits: and he gilded it with pure gold for cherubs, to the amount of six hundred talents.
And he made two cherubs in the most holy house, woodwork, and he gilded them with gold.
And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.
And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the house, even into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs.
And the cherubs stretched out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark, and its staffs above.
And he mounted on cherubs and flew: He flew on the wings of winds.
Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, Who guidest Joseph like a flock; Thou who sittest upon the cherubs, manifest thyself;
A Psalm of David. The Lord reigns—let the people rage; It is he that sits upon the cherubs, let the earth be moved.
O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubs, thou alone art the God of every kingdom of the world: thou hast made heaven and earth.
And the glory of the God of Israel, that was upon them, went up from the cherubs to the porch of the house. And he called the man that was clothed with the long robe, who had the girdle on his loins;
Then I looked, and, behold, over the firmament that was above the head of the cherubs there was a likeness of a throne over them, as a sapphire stone.
And he said to the man clothed with the long robe, Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubs, and fill thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
And the cherubs stood on the right hand of the house, as the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
Then the glory of the Lord departed from the cherubs to the porch of the house; and the cloud filled the house, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
And the sound of the cherubs’ wings was heard as far as the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God speaking.
And it came to pass, when he gave a charge to the man clothed with the sacred robe, saying, Take fire from between the wheels from between the cherubs, that he went in, and stood near the wheels.
And he stretched forth his hand into the midst of the fire that was between the cherubs, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of the man clothed with the sacred robe: and he took it, and went out.
And I saw the cherubs having the likeness of men’s hands under their wings.
And I saw, and behold, four wheels stood by the cherubs, one wheel by each cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of a carbuncle stone.
And the cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chebar.
And when the cherubs went, the wheels went, and they were close to them: and when the cherubs lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, their wheels turned not.
Then the glory of the Lord departed from the house, and went up on the cherubs.
And the cherubs lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went forth, the wheels were also beside them, and they stood at the entrance of the front gate of the house of the Lord; and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them above.
This is the living creature which I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubs.
Then the cherubs lifted up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
From the day that thou wast created thou wast with the cherub: I set thee on the holy mount of God; thou wast in the midst of the stones of fire.
Of the abundance of thy merchandise thou hast filled thy storehouses with iniquity, and hast sinned: therefore thou hast been cast down wounded from the mount of God, and the cherub has brought thee out of the midst of the stones of fire.
were carved cherubs and palm trees between the cherubs, and each cherub had two faces.
From the floor to the ceiling were cherubs and palm trees carved.
And there was carved work upon them, and cherubs on the doors of the temple, and palm trees according to the carving of the sanctuary; and there were stout planks in front of the porch without.
Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom: And to be praised and glorified above all forever.
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision, Which was shown him upon the chariot of the cherubim.
of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were
of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire. And I looked and saw therein a lofty throne: its appearance was as crystal, and the wheels thereof as the shining sun, and there was the vision of
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Cheroubim (Strong's G5502) is a Greek word most simply glossed "cherubims". cheroubim (kher-ou-beem') n. 1. "cherubim" (i.e. cherubs or kerubim) [plural of Hebrew origin (H3742)]
This page currently indexes 70 linked usages for Strong's G5502 across 16 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5502 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cherubims. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 66 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G5502, with linked reader references where each row is available.