Hebrew noun (masculine) · H8655
תְּרָפִים
teraphimter-aw-feme'
teraphim
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tᵉrâphîym
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8655is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8655
Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol
The King James renders it: idols(-atry), images, teraphim.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
teraphim is rendered "teraphim". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:19Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
Genesis 31:19הַתְּרָפִ֖ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the teraphim10
- and teraphim4
- by the teraphim1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַתְּרָפִ֖ים5
- הַתְּרָפִ֗ים2
- וּתְרָפִ֔ים2
- בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים1
- הַתְּרָפִ֨ים1
- הַתְּרָפִ֣ים1
- הַתְּרָפִֽים׃1
- וּתְרָפִ֖ים1
- וּתְרָפִֽים׃1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural10HTd/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural4HC/Ncmpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HRd/Ntmpa
Genesis
three uses
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- הַתְּרָפִ֖יםhaterafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the teraphim
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.
- הַתְּרָפִ֗יםhaterafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the teraphim
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.
- הַתְּרָפִֽים׃haterafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the teraphim
Judges
five uses
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.
- וּתְרָפִ֔יםuterafimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and teraphim
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.”
- וּתְרָפִ֔יםuterafimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and teraphim
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.
- הַתְּרָפִ֖יםhaterafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the teraphim
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?”
- הַתְּרָפִ֖יםhaterafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the teraphim
So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.
- הַתְּרָפִ֖יםhaterafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the teraphim
1 Samuel
three uses
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.”
- וּתְרָפִ֖יםuterafimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and teraphim
Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.
- הַתְּרָפִ֗יםhaterafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the teraphim
And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.
- הַתְּרָפִ֖יםhaterafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the teraphim
2 Kings
one use
Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
- הַתְּרָפִ֨יםhaterafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the teraphim
Ezekiel
one use
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
- בַּתְּרָפִ֔יםbaterafimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: by the teraphim
Hosea
one use
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
- וּתְרָפִֽים׃uterafimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and teraphim
Zechariah
one use
For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
- הַתְּרָפִ֣יםhaterafimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the teraphim
The letters
Gematria 730· 1,290 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.