χερουβίμ

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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English (Strong)

plural of Hebrew origin (כְּרוּב); "cherubim" (i.e. cherubs or kerubim): cherubims.

Greek Monolingual

και χερουβείμ, τα, ΝΜΑ, και χερουβίν ΜΑ
ανώτατη τάξη ουράνιων, αγγελικών όντων, κοντά στον θρόνο του θεού, για να τον υμνούν και να καλύπτουν την δόξα του από βέβηλα μάτια (α. «ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου δόξης τῶν χερουβίμ ἐπαναπαυόμενος», Ακολ. Όρθρ.
β. «τί... ἐστί χερουβίμ; πεπληθυσμένη γνῶσις», Ιωάνν. Χρυσ.
γ. «ἔταξε τὰ χερουβὶμ καὶ τὴν φλογίνην ῥομφαίαν... φυλάσσειν τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς», ΠΔ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < εβρ. kerūbīm].