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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904) · Public Domain

Cherub (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

A proper name (Ezr 2°", Neh 7»') ; one of the places from whidi certain families, on the return From Babylon, failed to prove their register as genuine branches of the Israelite people. The name has been identified with the Chiripha of Ptolemy. See Charaathalan. II. E. Ryle. • In view of the OrientAl reverence for the threahold, this wema an unlikely oxitlanation. (See Tnimbull, Threnhold Covenant, p. 269 (. ; ana for the Philiatine custom, p. llCf.)

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