This article is about a type of supernatural being in the Bible. For the winged infant figure in art, see
putto. For other uses, see
Cherub (disambiguation).
One of the heavenly beings who directly attend to God according to Abrahamic religions
A
tetramorph cherub, in
Eastern Orthodox iconography
A cherub (;[1] plural cherubim; Hebrew: כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים kərūḇīm, likely borrowed from a derived form of Akkadian: