See also:

• TERAPHIM (A.V. sometimes transcribes, e.g. Judges xvii. 5; xviii. 14 seq.; Hosea iii. 4; sometimes translates " image," r Sam. xix. 13; " idols," Zech. x. 2; idolatry," 1 Sam. xv. 23: R.V. renders consistently "teraphim ")

TERAPHIM (A.V. sometimes transcribes, e.g. See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

Judges xvii. 5; xviii. 14 seq.; See also:

• HOSEA

Hosea iii. 4; sometimes translates " See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image," r Sam. xix. 13; " idols," Zech. x. 2; See also:

• IDOLATRY

idolatry," 1 Sam. xv. 23: R.V. renders consistently "teraphim ")  , a See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew word, found only in the plural, of uncertain See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology . The name appears to be applied to some See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of idol (cf . Gen. xxxi . 19 and 30), but details as to its precise configuration, &c., are lacking . From 1 Sam. xix . 13, 16 it would seem that in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early monarchical See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period a See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in every See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household was still reserved for the See also:

• TERAPHIM (A.V. sometimes transcribes, e.g. Judges xvii. 5; xviii. 14 seq.; Hosea iii. 4; sometimes translates " image," r Sam. xix. 13; " idols," Zech. x. 2; idolatry," 1 Sam. xv. 23: R.V. renders consistently "teraphim ")

teraphim; while in the 8th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• HOSEA

Hosea (iii . 4) speaks of "See also:

• EPHOD

ephod and teraphim " as essential elements in the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship . Later the teraphim with other adjuncts of heathenish worship were banned by the prophets . The meaning of the Elohistic See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story in Gen. See also:

• XXXV

xxxv . 2–4 clearly is that the employment of teraphim and of other See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen practices of Aramean paganism was given up by See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order that they might serve See also:

• JEHOVAH (YAHWEH2)

Jehovah alone at See also:

• BETHEL (Heb. " House of God ")

Bethel . In See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

Judges and Hosea the teraphim are closely associated with the ephod; both are mentioned in connexion with See also:

• DIVINATION
• DIVINATION, OMEN, ASTROLOGY

divination (cf . 2 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings See also:

• XXIII

xxiii .

24; Ezek. xxi . 21 [26]; Zech. x . 2) . Whether the teraphim were " consulted " by See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot or not is uncertain . In view of Ezek. xxi . 21 and Hosea iii . 4 it is difficult to suppose that the teraphim were purely household idols . The Rabbinical conjectures on the subject can be found in See also:

• BUXTORF, or BUXTORFF, JOHANNES (1564-1629)
• BUXTORF, or BUXTORIT, JOHANNES (1599-1664)

Buxtorf, Lex . Talm . (ed . See also:

• FISCHER
• FISCHER, EMIL (1852– )
• FISCHER, ERNST KUNO BERTHOLD (1824–1907)

Fischer), 1315 seq . One of the most curious is that the teraphim consisted of a mummified human See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head (see also EPHOD) .

(W . R . S.; G . H .