כְּרוּב
kᵉrûwb · ker-oob'
a cherub or imaginary figure
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
a cherub or imaginary figure
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cherub, (plural) cherubims.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the house, what is within
The open hand that covers of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּרוּב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
91 occurrences · 91 OT · 0 NT · 55 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- cherub15 · 18%
- cherubims11 · 13%
- of the cherubims9 · 11%
- between the cherubims7 · 8%
- the cherubims6 · 7%
- and the cherubims6 · 7%
- with cherubims5 · 6%
- upon a cherub2 · 2%
- of the cherub2 · 2%
- of cherubims2 · 2%
- for the cherubims2 · 2%
- from the cherub2 · 2%
- from between the cherubims2 · 2%
- and when the cherubims2 · 2%
- he the cherubims1 · 1%
- upon the cherubims1 · 1%
- thereon cherubims1 · 1%
- and cherubims1 · 1%
- of these cherubims1 · 1%
- even under the cherub1 · 1%
- now the cherubims1 · 1%
- and one cherub1 · 1%
- that was between the cherubims1 · 1%
- in the cherubims1 · 1%
- of a cherub1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.