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Webster 1913 Edition


Teraphim

Ter′a-phim

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Noun.
pl.
[Heb.
terāphīm
.]
Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers.
Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.).

Webster 1828 Edition


Teraphim

TER'APHIM

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Noun.
[Heb.] Household deities or images.