What Does “Cherub” Mean in the Bible?
Angels who guard the holy things of God. There were two of gold on top of the Ark of the Covenant.
Where it appears in the Bible
Genesis 3:24; Exodus 25:18
What the Bible says
Genesis 3:24
And he cast out Adam; and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Exodus 25:18
Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “querubín”; Exodus 25:18-20