χερούβ

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כְּרוּב (kərūḇ).^[1]

χερούβ • (kheroúb) n or m (genitive χερούβ); irregular declension

1. (Koine, chiefly in the plural) cherub

   Coordinate term: σερᾱ́φ (serā́ph)

   • Old Testament, Genesis 3:24
   • Old Testament, Exodus 25:17-25:21
   • Old Testament, 2 Samuel 22:11
   • Old Testament, Ezekiel 10:3
   • 93/94 CE, Titus Flavius Josephus, chapter 6, in Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία [Ioudaïkḕ arkhaiología, The Jewish Antiquities]‎^[1], volume 3, line 137:

     τῷ δὲ ἐπιθέματι αὐτῆς ἦσαν πρόστυποι δύο, Χερουβεῖς μὲν αὐτοὺς Ἑβραῖοι καλοῦσι,

     tōî dè epithémati autês êsan próstupoi dúo, Kheroubeîs mèn autoùs Hebraîoi kaloûsi,

     Upon this its cover were two images, which the Hebrews call Cherubim;