Definitions from Wiktionary (cherub)
▸ noun: (biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
▸ noun: (post-biblical) A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.
▸ noun: In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
Cherub Rock,
Ezekiel's cherub in Eden,
like many a cherub,
opposite of cherub,
cherub fairy sweet,
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▸ noun: (biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
▸ noun: (post-biblical) A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.
▸ noun: In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
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Cherubin,
seraph,
putto,
guardian angel,
watcher,
Auphanim,
angel,
teraphim,
virtue,
Cerberus,
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