What does teraphim mean?
Teraphim means plural of teraph.
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/ˈtɛɹəfɪm/ · noun
plural of teraph.
1658, And […] the Statuæ Isiacæ, Teraphims, and little Idols, found about the Mummies, do make a decussation or Jacobs Crosse with their armes — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 191)
Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.
And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people
Use teraphim when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Teraphim means plural of teraph.
Common synonyms include teraph.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1658, And […] the Statuæ Isiacæ, Teraphims, and little Idols, found about the Mummies, do make a decussation or Jacobs Crosse with their armes — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 191)
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