teraphim

n. 家庭供奉的小神像( teraph的名词复数 )

发音

/ˈtɛɹəfɪm/

词形变化

teraphims 复数 teraphims

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    plural of teraph

  2. 2.

    Synonym of teraph.

    1658, And […] the Statuæ Isiacæ, Teraphims, and little Idols, found about the Mummies, do make a decussation or Jacobs Crosse with their armes — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 191)

    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.

词源

From ecclesiastical Latin theraphim, from Ancient Greek θεραφίν (theraphín), from Hebrew תְּרָפִים (t'rafím, “household gods”).

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