תְּרָפִים teraphim
Hebrew word for “teraphim” · Strong’s H8655 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
§ 1) idolatry, idols, image(s), teraphim, family idol; 1a) a kind of idol used in household shrine or worship
How it is translated
Glosses given for teraphim in context, with how often each is used:
- teraphim 15
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judges | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 18 (4), Genesis 31 (3), 1 Samuel 19 (2), Judges 17 (1), 1 Samuel 15 (1), 2 Kings 23 (1), Ezekiel 21 (1), Hosea 3 (1), Zechariah 10 (1)
Forms
- התרפים 10
- ותרפים 4
- בתרפים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with teraphim more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֵפוֹד ephod “ephod” 6
- פֶּסֶל pesel “idol” 4
- מַסֵּכָה massekhah “liquid” 3
- כָּבִיר kevir “quilt” 2
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 5
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 5
- מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת meraashah “head” 2
- קֶסֶם qesem “divination” 2
- קָסַם qasam “to divine” 2
- רָגַל ragal “to spy” 2
- מִטָּה mittah “bed” 2
- מִיכָה mikhah “Micah” 2
Key verses
The verses using teraphim that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 31:19 — And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
- Genesis 31:34 — Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
- Genesis 31:35 — And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not…
- Judges 17:5 — And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
- Judges 18:14 — Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and…
- Judges 18:17 — And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image:…
- Judges 18:20 — 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.
- 1 Samuel 15:23 — For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected…
- 2 Kings 23:24 — Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and…
- Ezekiel 21:21 — For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images,…
- Hosea 3:4 — For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and…
- Zechariah 10:2 — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock,…
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