teraphim

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈtɛɹəfɪm/

Definition of teraphim

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of teraph
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of teraph
  2. Synonym of teraph.
    “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)”
    “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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Etymology

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

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