Teraphim Definition

terəfim
teraph
noun
Small images or other things representing household gods, used among ancient Semitic peoples.
Webster's New World

An idol or other image of reverence and divination among the ancient Hebrews; apparently especially a kind of household god.

Wiktionary
(plural teraphims)
Sometimes taken as singular.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Teraphim

Noun

Singular:
teraphim
Plural:
teraphims

Origin of Teraphim

  • From ecclesiastical Latin theraphim, from Ancient Greek θεραφίν (theraphin), from Hebrew תְּרָפִים (t'rafím, “household gods"), perhaps from Jewish Aramaic.

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Teraphim Sentence Examples

  • This same narrative dwells upon the graven images, ephod and teraphim, as forming the apparatus of religious ceremonial in Micah's household.

  • The Jews were as well able as their neighbours to fashion golden calves, snakes and the minor idols called teraphim, when their legislator, in the words we have just cited, forbade the ancillary use of all plastic and pictorial art for religious purposes.

  • In the divided state of the nation, indeed, this sanctuary was hardly visited from beyond Mt Ephraim; and every man or tribe that cared to provide the necessary apparatus (ephod, teraphim, &c.) and hire a priest might have a temple and oracle of his own at which to consult Jehovah (Judges xvii., xviii.); but there was hardly another sanctuary of equal dignity.

  • There were teraphim in David's house, and the worship of Yahweh under the image of a calf was the'state religion of the kingdom of Ephraim.

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Words Starting With

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