noun · neuter

cheroubem

GreekΧερούβ (cheroub)

Strong’sG5502

Cherubim

stem cheroub-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

cherubim1×

What it means

† Χερουβείν (Rec. -βίμ), τά (Heb. כְּרוּבׅים),

Cherubim: He 9:6 (cf. Ex 25:17 (18), al.; v. DB, i, 377 ff.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5502 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkher-oo-beem'

"cherubim" (i.e. cherubs or kerubim)

Fromplural of Hebrew origin ();

King Jamescherubims.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	cheroubem	cheroubeim1×Χερουβὶν
of, belonging to genitive	cheroubeu	cheroubeiu
to, for dative	cheroube	cheroubei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

cheroubstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

cheroube is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

cheroubeim“cherubim”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Hebrews 9:5“cherubim”huperanō de autau Cheroubeim doxau kataskiazarōteim tem hilastēriem; peri heiu ouk atō nun legarō kata merem.Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.