different between teraphim vs xeraphim

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???f?m/

Noun

teraphim (plural teraphims)

1. An idol or other image of reverence and divination among the ancient Hebrews; apparently especially a kind of household god.
   • 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)
   • 2000, World English Bible, Genesis 31:19

     Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.

   • 2000, World English Bible, 1 Samuel 19:13

     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.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• xeraphin, xerapheen

Etymology

From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic ????????? (ašr?f), plural form of ??????? (šar?f, “highborn”).

Noun

xeraphim (plural xeraphims)

1. (obsolete) An old monetary unit of Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.

References

• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913).