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תְּרָפִים noun masculine ^{Zech 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 Gen 31:19; Gen 31:34: Gen 31:35 (called אֱלֹהִים Gen 31:30, all E ), but in size and shape like a man 1Sam 19:13; 1Sam 19:16 in household shrine (see also l.c.) Judg 17:5 (+ אֵפוֺד, compare GFM^Ju), Judg 18:14; Judg 18:17 (both + אֵפוֺד, פֶּסֶל, מַסֵּכָה), compare Judg 18:20 (omitted מַסֵּכָה), Hos 3:4 (+ ׳ א, מַצֵּבָה, וֶבַךְ); condemned 1Sam 15:23; 2Kgs 23:24 (+ גִּלֻּלִים); used in divining (by king of Babylonian ), ׳ שָׁאַל בַּתּ Ezek 21:26 (+ קִלְקַל בַּתִצִּים, רָאָח בַּכָּבֵד); as giving empty oracles Zech 10:2 (|| הַקּוֺסְמִים ). — See GFM^l.c. Now^{Archaeology ii. 23} Sta^{Blb. Theol. d. A. T. under the word}.

תִּרְצָה see רצה .