English Dictionary

cherub

/ˈt͡ʃɛ.ɹəb/

noun

(biblical) A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.

The cherub hovered above the throne of God.

意味（1）

(biblical) A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.

Over the arcke were the cherubyns off glory shadowynge the seate of grace.

意味（2）

An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.

For ſome colour of ſetting vp their idols in Churches to bee worſhiped, they full ſimply alledge the Cherubins that were ſet vp in the temple which Solomon built, which M. [William] Bishop ſaith were the images of Angels, and that they did repreſent the Angels wee will not deny, but of what ſhape they were, no man ſaith Joſephus, can cõiecture or affirme any thing.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.

Patience, thou young and rose-lipp'd Cherubin.