Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cherubim"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cherubim \Cher"u*bim\, n.
The Hebrew plural of {Cherub}.. Cf. {Seraphim}.

Note: Cherubims, in the King James version of the bible, is
an incorrect form, made by adding the English plural
termination to the Hebrew plural cherubim instead of to
the singular cherub.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cherub \Cher"ub\, n.; pl. {Cherubs}; but the Hebrew plural
{Cherubim}is also used. [Heb. ker[=u]b.]
1. A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and
chariot of the Almighty, described in --Ezekiel i. and x.

I knew that they were the cherubim. --Ezek. x. 20.

He rode upon a cherub and did fly. --Ps. xviii.
10.

2. A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in
connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and
Temple. --Ez. xxv. 18.

3. One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In
European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to
denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see
{Seraph}), and in later art the children's heads with
wings are generally called cherubs.

4. A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have
represented cherubs as beautiful children.


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