HebrewH3743Noun
כְּרוּב
ke.ruv
“Cherub”
2Occurrences
H3743Strong's #
NounPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Kerub, a place in Babylon
the same as H3742 (כְּרוּב);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Cherub = "blessing" an apparent exilic settlement in Babylonia from which some persons of doubtful extraction returned with Zerubbabel
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun
Morphology Code
N:N--L
Full Description
N:N--L
Occurrences
כְּרוּב appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Key Passages
Ezra 2:59BSB
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
Nehemiah 7:61BSB
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
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