·noun ·pl 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.
images; idols ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Givers of prosperity, idols in human shape, large or small, analogous to the images of ancestors whi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
This word occurs only in the plural, and denotes images connected with magical rites. The derivation...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary