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plural teraphims
An idol or other image of reverence and divination among the ancient Hebrews; apparently especially a kind of household god. quotations examples
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
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Judges 18:20
Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.
2000, World English Bible, Genesis 31:19
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.
2000, World English Bible, 1 Samuel 19:13