Lexicon :: Strong's H8655 - tᵊrāp̄îm

תְּרָפִים

Transliteration

tᵊrāp̄îm

Pronunciation

ter-aw-feme'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Pl. from רָפָא (H7495)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2545

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

תְּרָפִים tᵉrâphîym, ter-aw-feme'; plural from H7495; a healer; Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol:—idols(-atry), images, teraphim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H8655 in the following manner: image (7x), teraphim (6x), idol (1x), idolatry (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H8655 in the following manner: image (7x), teraphim (6x), idol (1x), idolatry (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

תְּרָפִים tᵉrâphîym, ter-aw-feme'; plural from H7495; a healer; Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol:—idols(-atry), images, teraphim.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8655: Abbreviations

† תְּרָפִים noun masculine^{Zechariah 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 Genesis 31:19, 34: Genesis 31:35 (called אֱלֹהִים Genesis 31:30, all E), but in size and shape like a man 1 Samuel 19:13, 16; in household shrine (see also l.c.) Judges 17:5 (+ אֵפוֺד, compare GFM^Ju), Judges 18:14, 17 (both + אֵפוֺד, פֶּסֶל, מַסֵּכָה), compare Judges 18:20 (omitted מַסֵּכָה), Hosea 3:4 (+ א׳, מַצֵּבָה, וֶבַךְ); condemned 1 Samuel 15:23; 2 Kings 23:24 (+ גִּלֻּלִים); used in divining (by king of Babylonian), שָׁאַל בַּתּ׳ Ezekiel 21:26 (+ קִלְקַל בַּתִצִּים, רָאָח בַּכָּבֵד); as giving empty oracles Zechariah 10:2 (|| הַקּוֺסְמִים). — See GFM^l.c. Now^{Archaeology ii. 23} Sta^{Blb. Theol. d. A. T. under the word}.

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