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תְּרָפִים H8655
H8655 is the Hebrew word תְּרָפִים, transliterated tᵉrâphîym and said ter-aw-feme'. The King James Version most often renders it teraphim.
What it means
Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol.
Where it comes from
plural from H7495 (רָפָא); a healer.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: idols(-atry), images, teraphim.
Verses using תְּרָפִים
All 13 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 31:19 · KJV
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
Genesis 31:34 · KJV
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
Judges 17:5 · KJV
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Judges 18:14 · KJV
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
Judges 18:17 · KJV
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
Judges 18:18 · KJV
And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
Judges 18:20 · KJV
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.
1 Samuel 15:23 · KJV
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
1 Samuel 19:13 · KJV
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
1 Samuel 19:16 · KJV
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
2 Kings 23:24 · KJV
Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
Ezekiel 21:21 · KJV
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Zechariah 10:2 · KJV
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8655 mean?
H8655 is the Hebrew word תְּרָפִים (tᵉrâphîym), meaning Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol.
How is H8655 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it teraphim (5 times), images (4 times), idolatry (1 time), image (1 time), behold there was an image (1 time), among others.
How many times does H8655 appear in the Bible?
תְּרָפִים (tᵉrâphîym) is tagged in 13 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8655 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: plural from H7495 (רָפָא); a healer.
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