Assertion: cherub | /r/HasProperty | winged sphinx
Facets:
value: in hebrew theology
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The prevailing opinion in current scholarship is that the cherub is a winged sphinx, i.e., a human-headed winged lion, such as that depicted on the sarcophagus of the late second-millennium bce Phoenician king Ahiram [Figure 6].
text: As nouns the difference between cherub and angel is that cherub is a winged creature represented over 90 times in the bible as attending on god, later seen as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim first mention is in [http://enwikisourceorg/wiki/bible_%28world_english%29/genesis#chapter_3 genesis 3:24] while angel is a divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
text: In Hebrew theology, a Cherub (more properly called a Cherubim) is a winged celestial being similar to an angel.