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Exodus 37:8
“One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כְּרוּבkᵉrûwb · ker-oob'
H3742 · Hebrew
H3742 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a cherub or imaginary figure
- Derivation
- of uncertain derivation;
- KJV renderings
- cherub, (plural) cherubims.
- Grammar
- כְּרוּב — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 91 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:24Exodus 25:18Exodus 25:19Exodus 25:19Exodus 25:19
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כְּרוּב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.