teraphim
/ˈtɛɹəfɪm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "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."
Etymology
From ecclesiastical Latin theraphim, from Ancient Greek θεραφίν (theraphín), from Hebrew תְּרָפִים (t'rafím, “household gods”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin