כְּרוּב keruv

Hebrew word for “cherub” · Strong’s H3742 · used 91 times in 66 verses

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Meaning

1) cherub, cherubim (pl);

How it is translated

Glosses given for keruv in context, with how often each is used:

• cherubim 64
• cherub 26
• belonged to the cherub 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 10 (15), 1 Kings 6 (9), 2 Chronicles 3 (6), Exodus 25 (4), Exodus 37 (3), Ezekiel 41 (3), Exodus 26 (2), Exodus 36 (2), 1 Kings 7 (2), 1 Kings 8 (2)

Forms

• הכרובים 21
• הכרבים 19
• הכרוב 15
• כרובים 12
• כרוב 7
• כרבים 6
• לכרוב 3
• וכרוב 2
• לכרבים 2
• לכרובים 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with keruv more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כָּנָף kanaph “wing” 18
• כַּפֹּרֶת kapporet “mercy seat” 8
• תִּמֹרָה timrah “palm” 7
• אֲרוֹן aron “ark” 10
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 12
• קִיר qir “wall” 7
• סָכַךְ sakhakh “to cover” 6
• פָּרַשׂ paras “to spread” 7
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 7
• מַעַל maal “above” 7
• אוֹפָן ophan “wheel” 5
• אֶחָד echad “one” 10

Key verses

The verses using keruv that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 25:22 — And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the…
• Exodus 26:1 — Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou…
• Exodus 26:31 — And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
• 1 Samuel 4:4 — So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two…
• 1 Kings 8:6 — And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of…
• 2 Kings 19:15 — And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the…
• Psalms 80:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest…
• Psalms 99:1 — The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
• Isaiah 37:16 — O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven…
• Ezekiel 10:1 — Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance…
• Ezekiel 10:2 — And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between…
• Ezekiel 10:5 — And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.