χερούβ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew כְּרוּב‎ (k'rúv).[1]

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰeˈrub/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çeˈruβ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çeˈruv/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çeˈruv/

Noun

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

(Koine) cherub
- 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 [The Jewish Antiquities]‎, volume 3, line 137:
  τῷ δὲ ἐπιθέματι αὐτῆς ἦσαν πρόστυποι δύο, Χερουβεῖς μὲν αὐτοὺς Ἑβραῖοι καλοῦσι,
  tôi dè epithémati autês êsan próstupoi dúo, Kheroubeîs mèn autoùs Hebraîoi kaloûsi,
  Upon this its cover were two images, which the Hebrews call Cherubim;

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

→ Old Church Slavonic: херовимъ (xerovimŭ)
→ Latin: cherub
- → Catalan: querubí
- → Dutch: cherub
- → German: Cherub
- → English: cherub
- → French: chérubin
- → Galician: querubín
- → Italian: cherubino
- → Polish: cherub
- → Portuguese: querubim
- → Spanish: querubín
→ Old East Slavic: хероувимъ (xeruvimŭ)
- Russian: херувим (xeruvim)

References

Lily Kahn; Aaron D. Rubin (2016), chapter 8, in Handbook of Jewish Languages, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201

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