teraphim

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English

Etymology

From ecclesiastical Latin theraphim, from Ancient Greek θεραφίν (theraphín), from Hebrew תְּרָפִים (t'rafím, “household gods”).

Pronunciation

Noun

teraphim (plural teraphims)

  1. An idol or other image of reverence and divination among the ancient Hebrews; apparently especially a kind of household god.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Judges 18:20:
      And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people
    • 1658, And the Statuæ Isiacæ, Teraphims, and little Idols, found about the Mummies, do make a decussation or Jacobs Crosse with their armes — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 191)
    • 2000, World English Bible, Genesis 31:19‎:
      Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.
    • 2000, World English Bible, 1 Samuel 19:13
      Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.

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