Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cherubims

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: cheru-bims
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of cherub

noun

plural of cherubim

noun

plural of Cherubim

Example Sentences

"And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly."

Etymology

From Hebrew cherubim כרוב, cherub + -ים; the Hebrew is plural, but the translators chose to add -s when borrowing the word into the English form, probably because the readers of the Authorized Version would not be familiar with Hebrew or Latin plurals.

Questions

What does cherubims mean?: plural of cherub
Where does cherubims come from?: From Hebrew cherubim כרוב, cherub + -ים; the Hebrew is plural, but the translators chose to add -s when borrowing the word into the English form, probably because the readers of the Authorized Version would not be familiar with Hebrew or Latin plurals.

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