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Teraphim vs Xeraphim - What's the difference?

teraphim | xeraphim |

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)
  • 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)
  • Plural use example:- Genesis 31:30 & 34
    Singular use example:- 1 Samuel 19:13 & 16

    xeraphim

    English

    Alternative forms

    * xeraphin, xerapheen

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An old monetary unit of Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.
  • References

    * Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913).