![]() ![]() ![]() Nor are thus named the winged figures, half human and half animal, which in Babylonian and Persian art are found on both sides of the "sacred tree." Thus, a Babylonian origin of the Hebrew cherubim is neither proved nor disproved. But the Babylonian colossi go by the name of lamassu, or shedu no designation at all approaching the Hebrew kerubh has so far been found in the Assyrian language. In Genesis 3:24 the cherubim are placed by God, after the expulsion of Adam from the garden of Eden, at the east thereof, together with the flaming sword "to keep the way of the tree of life." In their function as guardians of Paradise the cherubim bear an analogy to the winged bulls and lions of Babylonia and Assyria, colossal figures with human faces standing guard at the entrance of temples (and palaces), just as in Egypt the approaches to the sanctuaries are guarded by sphinxes. Through the influence of the Septuagint, "cherubim" was used in the earlier English versions, also as a singular, hence, the plural was made to sound "cherubims." The etymology of the word cannot be ascertained. Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cherubim (1)Ĭher'-u-bim, cher'-oo-bim (kerubhim, plural of cherub, kerubh):
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