כְּרוּבKᵉrûwb

cherub

Pronunciation: ker-oob' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3743

Meanings

1. the living chariot of the theophanic God (Psalms 18:11; 2 Samuel 22:11)

2. as the guards of the garden of Eden (Genesis 3:24)

3. as the throne of Yahweh Sabaoth (1 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 6:2; 1 Chronicles 13:6)

a. two cherubim of solid gold upon the slab of gold of the כַּפֹּרֶת facing each other with wings outstretched above (Exodus 25:18-22; Exodus 37:7-9; Numbers 7:89)

b. numerous cherubim woven into the texture of the inner curtains of the tabernacle and the veils (Exodus 26:1; Exodus 26:31; Exodus 36:8)

5. the cherubim of the temple

6. Ezekiel describes the cherubim

Same root

כְּרוּבkᵉrûwb · H3742a cherub or imaginary figure

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Ezra 2:59 Another group returned at this time from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer. However, they could not prove that they or their families were descendants of Israel.
Nehemiah 7:61 Another group returned at this time from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer. However, they could not prove that they or their families were descendants of Israel.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).