Noun
A
winged
creature
attending
God
and
guarding
his
throne
described
as
a
being
with
four
faces
(
man
,
lion
,
ox
,
and
eagle
),
human
hands
,
calf
hooves
,
four
wings
,
and
many
eyes
.
A
description
can
be
found
in
[
http
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en
.
wikisource
.
org
/
wiki
/
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28World_English
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/
Ezekiel
#
Chapter_1
Ezekiel
chapter
1
]
and
[
http
://
en
.
wikisource
.
org
/
wiki
/
Bible_
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28World_English
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/
Ezekiel
#
Chapter_10
Ezekiel
chapter
10
];
similar
to
a
lamassu
(
winged
bull
with
a
human
torso
)
in
the
pre-exilic
texts
of
the
Hebrew Bible
,
more
humanoid
in
later
texts
.