different between cherubim vs archangel

English

Etymology

Hebrew ???????? (keruvím), from ???????? (kerúv) + ???? (-im) masculine plural suffix.

Pronunciation

Noun

cherubim

1. plural of cherub

See also

• seraphim

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?e.ru.bim/, [?k????b???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ke.ru.bim/, [?k???ubim]

Noun

cher?b?m

1. plural of cherub

English

Etymology

From Middle English archangel, from Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ????- (arkhi-) + ??????? (ángelos, “messenger”). Surface analysis arch- +? angel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??(?)?ke?n.d??l/, /???(?).ke?n.d??l/

Noun

archangel (plural archangels)

1. A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
2. Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)

Related terms

Translations

See also

• archangelology
• cherub
• cherubim
• choir
• choirs of angels
• domination
• power
• principality
• seraph
• seraphim
• throne

Welsh

Etymology

From arch- (“arch-”) +? angel (“angel”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ar??a??l/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ar??a?al/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ar??a??l/

Noun

archangel m (plural archangylion)

1. (religion) archangel

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