Lexical Definition

‎תְּרָפִים‎ tᵉrâphîym (ter-aw-feme') teraphim ^H:N-M
plural from ‎רָפָא‎; a healer

idols(-atry), images, teraphim.

• Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol

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

See Greek: δῆλος · εἴδωλον · θεραπεία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תְּרָפִים‎ noun masculine^{Zech 10:2} plural (= plural of majesty Nö^{ZMG xlii (1888), 476}) a kind of idol, object of reverence, and means of divination (√ and etymology-meaning dubious, compare GFM^{Hast. DB TERAPHIM} Say^{ZA ii. 195} (citing Neubauer, and Assyrian tarpû, spectre), al. √ ‎רפא‎, compare ‎רְפָאִים‎); — always ‎׳‎‎ת‎: — portable and sometimes small Gen 31:19; Gen 31:34: Gen 31:35 (called ‎אֱלֹהִים‎ vGen 31:30, all E), but in size and shape like a man 1Sam 19:13; 1Sam 19:16 in household shrine (see also l.c.) Judg 17:5 (+ ‎אֵפוֺד‎, compare GFM^Ju), Judg 18:14; Judg 18:17 (both + ‎אֵפוֺד‎, ‎פֶּסֶל‎, ‎מַסֵּכָה‎), compare vJudg 18:20 (omitted ‎מַסֵּכָה‎), Hos 3:4 (+ ‎׳‎‎א‎, ‎מַצֵּבָה‎, ‎וֶבַךְ‎); condemned 1Sam 15:23; 2Kgs 23:24 (+ ‎גִּלֻּלִים‎); used in divining (by king of Babylonian ), ‎׳‎‎שָׁאַל בַּתּ‎ Ezek 21:26* (+ ‎קִלְקַל בַּתִצִּים‎, ‎רָאָח בַּכָּבֵד‎); as giving empty oracles Zech 10:2 (|| ‎הַקּוֺסְמִים‎). — See GFM^l.c. Now^{Archaeology ii. 23} Sta^{Blb. Theol. d. A. T. under the word}. ‎תִּרְצָה‎ see ‎רצה‎.

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