English
teraph
Teraph comes from Hebrew תרף.
- Hebrew1880s–presentתרף
- Englishearliest quotation 2000teraph
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentתרף
- Englishearliest quotation 2000teraph
Earliest quotation: 2000, World English Bible: “Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and…”
Every English word from Hebrew תרף
Today it means
noun An idol or other image of reverence and divination among the ancient Hebrews; apparently especially a kind of household god.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew תרף / teraph