H8655 תְּרָפִים (tᵉrâphîym) ter-aw-feme'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

teraphim

Biblical Persons & Places

Teraphim Group of deities in the Old Testament

Group of deities in the Old Testament; called Teraphim or "household gods" (KJV= "images") (תְּרָפִים)

Strong's Definition

Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol

Derivation: plural from H7495 (רָפָא); a healer;

KJV Usage: idols(-atry), images, teraphim.

TWOT Reference: 2545

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) idolatry, idols, image(s), teraphim, family idol

1a) a kind of idol used in household shrine or worship

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1212 G1497 G2322

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תְּרָפִים (te.ra.phim) — teraphim.

§ 1) idolatry, idols, image(s), teraphim, family idol 1a) a kind of idol used in household shrine or worship

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תְּרָפִים (H8655)

noun m

Images | Cult Objects | ≈ גִּלּוּל · יִדְּעֹנִי · מַסֵּכָה · מַצֵּבָה · פֶּסֶל

household idols = a small and portable physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, ► functioning as an object of non-sanctioned worship or divination

GEN 31:19 · GEN 31:34 · GEN 31:35 · JDG 17:5 · JDG 18:14 · JDG 18:17 · JDG 18:18 · JDG 18:20 · 1SA 15:23 · 1SA 19:13 · 1SA 19:16 · 2KI 23:24 · EZK 21:26 · HOS 3:4 · ZEC 10:2

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תְּרָפִים n.m. pl. a kind of idol, obj. of reverence, and means of divination (√ and etymol.-mng. dub.) base

Bible Occurrences (15)

31:19 31:34 31:35

17:5 18:14 18:17 18:18 18:20

15:23 19:13 19:16

23:24

21:21

3:4

10:2

Genesis 31:19

Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols -.

Genesis 31:34

Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.

Genesis 31:35

[Rachel] said to her father, Sir, do not be angry... that I cannot... stand up before you; for I am having my period.... So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.

Judges 17:5

Now this man Micah had a shrine..., and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons [as] his priest.

Judges 18:14

Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.

Judges 18:17

And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside... and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

Judges 18:18

When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, What are you doing?

Judges 18:20

So the priest was glad... and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.