Teraphim vs Xeraphim - What's the difference?
teraphim | xeraphim |
An idol or other image of reverence and divination among the ancient Hebrews; apparently especially a kind of household god.
* 1611 , 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. — Judges 18:20, King James Version
* 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)
As nouns the difference between teraphim and xeraphim
is that teraphim is an idol or other image of reverence and divination among the ancient hebrews; apparently especially a kind of household god while xeraphim is (obsolete) an old monetary unit of bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.teraphim
English
Noun
(head) (plural or indefinite ) : sometimes taken as singular: (en noun)- Plural use example:-
Genesis 31:30 & 34
- Singular use example:-
1 Samuel 19:13 & 16