English Explanatory Dictionary

cherubims

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of cherub
  2. plural of cherubim
noun
  1. plural of Cherubim

Word forms

cherubims

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.

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