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TERAPHIM (A.V. sometimes transcribes, e.g. See also: Hebrew word, found only in the plural, of uncertain etymology
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The name appears to be applied to some See also: form of idol (cf
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Gen. xxxi
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19 and 30), but details as to its precise configuration, &c., are lacking
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From 1 Sam. xix
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13, 16 it would seem that in the early monarchical See also: period a See also: regular place in every See also: household was still reserved for the teraphim; while in the 8th century See also: Hosea (iii
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4) speaks of "See also: ephod and teraphim " as essential elements in the See also: national worship
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Later the teraphim with other adjuncts of heathenish worship were banned by the prophets
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The meaning of the Elohistic See also: story in Gen. See also: xxxv
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2–4 clearly is that the employment of teraphim and of other See also: heathen practices of Aramean paganism was given up by Israel in See also: order that they might serve See also: Jehovah alone at See also: Bethel
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In See also: Judges and Hosea the teraphim are closely associated with the ephod; both are mentioned in connexion with divination (cf
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2 See also: Kings See also: xxiii
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24; Ezek. xxi . 21 [26]; Zech. x . 2) . Whether the teraphim were " consulted " by See also: lot or not is uncertain
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In view of Ezek. xxi
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21 and Hosea iii
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4 it is difficult to suppose that the teraphim were purely household idols
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The Rabbinical conjectures on the subject can be found in Buxtorf, Lex
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Talm
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(ed
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Fischer), 1315 seq
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One of the most curious is that the teraphim consisted of a mummified human See also: head (see also EPHOD)
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