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כְּרוּב Cherub

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 228×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A place in Babylon. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:59 and last at Nehemiah 7:61.

Ezra 2:59עזרא ב:נט

וְאֵלֶּה הָֽעֹלִים מִתֵּל מֶלַח תֵּל חַרְשָׁא כְּרוּב אַדָּן אִמֵּר וְלֹא יָֽכְלוּ לְהַגִּיד בֵּית־אֲבוֹתָם וְזַרְעָם אִם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל הֵֽם

And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers’houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

Nehemiah 7:61נחמיה ז:סא

וְאֵלֶּה הָֽעוֹלִים מִתֵּל מֶלַח תֵּל חַרְשָׁא כְּרוּב אַדּוֹן וְאִמֵּר וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְהַגִּיד בֵּית־אֲבוֹתָם וְזַרְעָם אִם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל הֵֽם

And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers’houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Cherub?

Cherub — כרוב in Hebrew — has a gematria of 228 in the standard method.

How many times is Cherub named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Ezra 2:59.

A spelling is not a name. The written word כרוב stands 9 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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