Strong's Hebrew · H8655

H8655 tᵉrâphîym

תְּרָפִים

ter-aw-feme'

teraphim

tᵉrâphîym appears 15 times in Scripture, including Genesis 31:19 and Judges 17:5. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol

In the King James Version

idols(-atry), images, teraphim.

Derivation

plural from H7495 (רָפָא); a healer;

Appears 15 times in Scripture

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 18:20

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

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?””

Genesis 31:19

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

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.”

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.”

1 Samuel 19:16

“And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.”

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.”

1 Samuel 15:23

“For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.””

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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