English Dictionary

cherub

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈt͡ʃɛ.ɹəb/

名詞

比喩的用法

(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.

日本語の意味

翼を持つ、神に仕える天使の一種。 / 聖書の文献では、トロンより上位でセラフィムより下位の天使の序列に属する存在として描かれる。 / 旧約の前放逐期のテキストではラマシュに似た存在で、後期の文献ではより人間に近い形で表現される。

A marble relief above the altar depicted a lone cherub whose solemn face and outstretched wings seemed to watch over the congregation.

祭壇の上の大理石のレリーフには、厳かな表情と広げた翼で会衆を見守っているように見える一体のケルビムが描かれていた。

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.

cherubs （ plural ）

cherubim （ plural ）

cherubims （ plural ）