Cherubims
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of cherub form-of, irregular, plural
"And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly."
- 2 plural of Cherubim form-of, plural
- 3 plural of cherubim form-of, plural
Antonyms
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More examples"And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly."
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.