cherubim

Betekenis (Engels)

plural of cherub

cherub

1. A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
2. A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.
3. In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
4. (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.

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Sinonieme

cherub

angelology

Vertalings

chérubin

cherubino

querubín

كروبيم

querubí

Cherub

Putte

Putto

angelot

cherubo

cherub

cherubijn

cherub

querubím

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɛ.ɹ(j)u.bɪm/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English cherubin, cherubine, cherubym, cherubyn, cherybin, gerubin, jerubin, from Old English cerubin, cerubim, ceruphin, cherubin, from Latin cherūbīn, cherūbīm, from Ancient Greek χερουβίν (kheroubín), χερουβείν (kheroubeín), χερουβίμ (kheroubím), from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (k'ruvím), from כְּרוּב (kruv) + ־ִים (-ím).