תְּרָפִים
tᵉrâphîym · ter-aw-feme'
Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol
Lexicon
Derivation: plural from H7495 (רָפָא); a healer;
Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: idols(-atry), images, teraphim.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › to speak, the word › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּרָפִים above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the teraphim3 · 20%
- the images2 · 13%
- and teraphim2 · 13%
- not the images1 · 7%
- and idolatry1 · 7%
- an image1 · 7%
- behold, there was an image1 · 7%
- and the images1 · 7%
- with images1 · 7%
- and without teraphim1 · 7%
- for the idols1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.