单词 | teraphim |
释义 | teraphimn. A kind of idols or images, or an idol or image; apparently esp. household gods; an object of reverence and means of divination among the ancient Hebrews and kindred peoples. a. Plural or indefinite. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > worshipped by specific people > ancient Hebrews teraphim1382 the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > worshipped by specific people > ancient Hebrews > collectively teraphim1382 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun] > instrument of teraphim1382 niu1864 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xvii. 5 Mychee..made a coope [a1425 L.V. ephod], and theraphyn [a1425 L.V. theraphym, v.r. a theraphym], gloss that is, the prestis clooth, and mawmettis [a1425 L.V. ydols]. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Hosea iii. 4 With out terafyn [gloss that is, ymagis]. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Hosea iii. 4 The sones of Israel schulen sitte..with out terafyn [E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) serafyn]. 1539 Bible (Great) Judges xvii. 5 And the man Micah had a temple of goddes, and made an Ephod and Theraphin, (That is to saye, a garment for the prest, and Idolles). [1560 (Geneva) Teraphim.] 1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 24 If any shall strive to set up his Ephod, and Teraphim of Antiquity against the brightnesse, and perfection of the Gospell. 1707 M. Henry Serm. in Wks. (1853) II. 596/1 Some think Laban's teraphim were the effigies of his ancestors. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 563 The teraphim were used as instruments of divination. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. iii. 62 Rachel stole the teraphim, the household gods of her family. b. as singular with a; plural teraphims. ΚΠ 1388 [see sense a]. 1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron iv. ix. 208 Michal tooke an Image, (a Teraphim) and laid it in the bed. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 424 Without an Ephod, and without Teraphim. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) vii. 382 Commonly they had Teraphims, Altars, Groves in high places. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. ix. 671 The silversmiths..by whom many workmen were employed in making little graven images, teraphims and lares. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1875) 396 A teraphim, and a graven image, and a priesthood of irregular creation. c. singular teraph; plural teraphs. ΚΠ 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. ii. 72 Khawla to the Teraph turned, ‘Tell me where the Prophet's hand Hides our destined enemy?’ 1850 J. Kitto Daily Bible Illustr. (1881) xxxiii. §6. 240 Michal has a teraph. 1886 F. W. Farrar Hist. Interpr. vii. 366 Scripture was declared to be a sort of oracular teraph. d. In combinations. ΚΠ 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. v. ii. 235 My magic teraph-bust, full packed, and labelled. 1905 J. Orr Probl. Old Test. v. 134 Teraphim-worship, human sacrifices and the like were prominent features of the religion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1382 |
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