- images:
- Heb. teraphim, "And now,¹ [though] thou wouldest needs²° be gone,ª° because¹ thou sore²° longedstª° after thy father'sª house,ª [yet] wherefore¹ hast thou stolenª°¹ my gods?ª" {Gen 31:30} + "With¹ whomsoeverª thou findestª°¹ thy gods,ª let him not¹ live:ª° beforeª our brethrenª discernª° thou what¹ [is] thine with¹ me, and takeª° [it] to thee. For Jacobª knewª° not¹ that¹ Rachelª had stolenª° them." {Gen 31:32} + "Then Jacobª saidª° unto¹ his household,ª and to¹ all¹ that¹ [were] with¹ him, Put awayª°¹ the strangeª godsª that¹ [are] among¹ you,² and be clean,ª° and changeª° your garments:ª" {Gen 35:2} + "And Joshuaª saidª° unto¹ all¹ the people,ª Thus¹ saithª° the LORDª Godª of Israel,ª Your fathersª dweltª° on the other sideª of the floodª in old time,ª¹ [even] Terah,ª the fatherª of Abraham,ª and the fatherª of Nachor:ª and they servedª° otherª gods.ª" {Jsh 24:2} + "Yet he restoredª°¹ the moneyª unto his mother;ª and his motherª tookª° two hundredª [shekels] of silver,ª and gaveª° them to the founder,ª° who madeª° thereof a graven imageª and a molten image:ª and they were¹ in the houseª of Micah.ª ... And the manª Micahª had an houseª of gods,ª and madeª° an ephod,ª and teraphim,ª and consecratedªª°¹ oneª of his sons,ª¹ who became¹ his priest.ª" {Jdg 17:4-5} + "Then answeredª° the fiveª men²¹ that wentª° to spy outª°¹ the countryª of Laish,ª and saidª° unto¹ their brethren,ª Do ye knowª° that¹ there isª in these¹ housesª an ephod,ª and teraphim,ª and a graven image,ª and a molten image?ª now¹ therefore considerª° what¹ ye have to do.ª° ... And he said,ª° Ye have taken awayª°¹ my godsª which¹ I made,ª° and the priest,ª and ye are gone away:²°¹ and what¹ have I more?¹ and what¹ [is] this¹ [that] ye sayª° unto¹ me, What¹ aileth thee?" {Jdg 18:14-24} + "And they set them upª°¹ Micah'sª graven image,ª which¹ he made,ª° all¹ the timeª that the houseª of Godª was¹ in Shiloh.ª" {Jdg 18:31} + "And Michalª tookª°¹ an image,ª and laidª° [it] in¹ the bed,ª and putª° a pillowª of goats'ª [hair] for his bolster,ª and coveredª° [it] with a cloth.ª" {1Sm 19:13} + "For¹ the kingª of Babylonª stoodª° at¹ the partingª of the way,ª at the headª of the twoª ways,ª to useª° divination:ª he made [his] arrows² bright,ª°¹ he consultedª° with images,ª he lookedª° in the liver.ª" {Ezk 21:21} + "For¹ the childrenª of Israelª shall abideª° manyª daysª without¹ a king,ª and without¹ a prince,ª and without¹ a sacrifice,ª and without¹ an image,ª and without¹ an ephod,ª and [without] teraphim:ª" {Hsa 3:4}; These might have been images devoted to superstitious or idolatrous purposes, as they are termed gods by Laban, in "And now,¹ [though] thou wouldest needs²° be gone,ª° because¹ thou sore²° longedstª° after thy father'sª house,ª [yet] wherefore¹ hast thou stolenª°¹ my gods?ª" {Gen 31:30}. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, tzalmanaya, "images;" the LXX and Theodoret, ειδολον [Strong's G1497], "idols;" Aquilla, μορφωματα, "figures;" and the Persian, asterlabha, "astrolabes."
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