תְּרָפִים

תְּרָפִים noun masculine^{Zak 10,2} plural (= plural of majesty Nö^{ZMG xlii (1888), 476}) a kind of idol, object of reverence, and means of divination (√ and etymology-meaning dubious, compare GFM^{Hast. DB TERAPHIM} Say^{ZA ii. 195} (citing Neubauer, and Assyrian tarpû, spectre), al. √ רפא, compare רְפָאִים); — always ׳ת: — portable and sometimes small 1 Mos 31,19; 1 Mos 31,34: 1 Mos 31,35 (called אֱלֹהִים v1 Mos 31,30, all E), but in size and shape like a man 1 Sam 19,13; 1 Sam 19,16 in household shrine (see also l.c.) Dom 17,5 (+ אֵפוֺד, compare GFM^Ju), Dom 18,14; Dom 18,17 (both + אֵפוֺד, פֶּסֶל, מַסֵּכָה), compare vDom 18,20 (omitted מַסֵּכָה), Hos 3,4 (+ ׳א, מַצֵּבָה, וֶבַךְ); condemned 1 Sam 15,23; 2 Kong 23,24 (+ גִּלֻּלִים); used in divining (by king of Babylonian ), ׳שָׁאַל בַּתּ Ezk 21,26 (+ קִלְקַל בַּתִצִּים, רָאָח בַּכָּבֵד); as giving empty oracles Zak 10,2 (|| הַקּוֺסְמִים). — See GFM^l.c. Now^{Archaeology ii. 23} Sta^{Blb. Theol. d. A. T. under the word}.

תִּרְצָה see רצה.