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Lexicon :: Strong's H8655 - tᵊrāp̄îm

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תְּרָפִים
Transliteration
tᵊrāp̄îm
Pronunciation
ter-aw-feme'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2545

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).
  1. 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.
STRONGS H8655: Abbreviations
תְּרָפִים noun masculineZechariah 10:2 plural (= plural of majesty NöZMG xlii (1888), 476) a kind of idol, object of reverence, and means of divination (√ and etymology-meaning dubious, compare GFMHast. DB TERAPHIM SayZA 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 GFMJu), 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 GFMl.c. NowArchaeology ii. 23 StaBlb. Theol. d. A. T. under the word.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:19; 31:30; 31:34; 31:35

Judges

17:5; 18:14; 18:17; 18:20

1 Samuel

15:23; 19:13; 19:16

2 Kings

23:24

Ezekiel

21:26

Hosea

3:4

Zechariah

10:2; 10:2

H8655

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8655 matches the Hebrew תְּרָפִים (tᵊrāp̄îm),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 -

When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 -

Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of the camel, and sat on them. Laban searched the whole tent but found nothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 -

She said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:5 -

This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 -

The five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told their brothers, “Did you know that there are an ephod, household gods, and a carved image and a silver idol[fn] in these houses? Now think about what you should do.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 -

Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land went in and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the silver idol,[fn] while the priest was standing by the entrance of the city gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:18 -

When they entered Micah’s house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the silver idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:20 -

So the priest was pleased and took the ephod, household idols, and carved image, and went with the people.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 -

For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,

he has rejected you as king.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13 -

Then Michal took the household idol and put it on the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16 -

When the agents arrived, to their surprise, the household idol was on the bed with some goat hair on its head.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 -

In addition, Josiah eradicated the mediums, the spiritists, household idols, images, and all the abhorrent things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this in order to carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that the priest Hilkiah found in the LORD’s temple.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 -

“For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 -

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 -

For the idols speak falsehood,

and the diviners see illusions;

they relate empty dreams

and offer empty comfort.

Therefore the people wander like sheep;

they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.

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