{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3742",
  "lemma": "כְּרוּב",
  "transliteration": "kᵉrûwb",
  "definition": "a cherub or imaginary figure",
  "kjv": "cherub, (plural) cherubims.",
  "occurrences": 91,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "כְּרוּב 91 n.m. cherub",
    "1. the living chariot of the theophanic God",
    "2. as guards of the garden of Eden",
    "3. as the throne of Yahweh Sabaoth",
    "4. P gives an account",
    "5. K and Ch describe the cherubim of the temple",
    "6. Ezekiel describes the cherubim"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:24",
      "text": "So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 25:18",
      "text": "You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/25?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 25:19",
      "text": "Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/25?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 25:20",
      "text": "The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/25?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 25:22",
      "text": "There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/25?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 26:1",
      "text": "“Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/26?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 26:31",
      "text": "“You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. It shall be the work of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/26?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 36:8",
      "text": "All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/36?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 36:35",
      "text": "He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/36?v=35"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 37:7",
      "text": "He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat:",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/37?v=7"
    }
  ],
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