teracrylic

[Eng. ter( ebic ), and acrylic.] Derived from or containing terebic and acrylic acid. teracrylic-acid, s . [PYRO TEREBIC-ACID.] těr-a-phim, subst . pl . [Heb. teraphim , perhaps from an obsolete verb taraph =to live agreeably or in plenty. ( Gesenius .)] Jewish Antiq .: Household gods, like the Roman Penates. The "images" which Rachel stole from her father Laban are called in Hebrew teraphim (Gen. xxx i. 19, 34, 35). Perhaps they were the "strange gods" given up by Jacob's household, and by him hid under the "oak" at Shechem (xxxv. 2, 4). Again, the "image" which Michal put in David's bed, and which was intended to be mistaken for him, is called in Hebrew teraphim, a plural form, though apparently only with a singular meaning. It was probably of the human form and size (1 Sam. xix. 13). Micah manufactured one or more (Judges xvii. 5, xviii, 14, 17, 18, 20). Teraphim are often mentioned in connection with ephods, and in Zech. x. 2, it is stated that the teraphim (A. V. idols) have spoken vanity, implying that they were consulted as oracles by the Jews, as ephods were (1 Sam. xxiii. 9, 12, xxx. 7). The Baby lonians used them for a similar purpose (Ezek. xxi. 21). Samuel denounced them (1 Sam. xv. 23), and Josiah put them away, with wizards, idols, . (2 Kings xxiii. 24). The English reader must have recourse to the R. V. to find where the word tera. phim occurs in the Old Testament, as in all but one pa age (Hozea iii. 4) the A. V. translates it by other words. těr-a-pin, s. [TERRAPIN.]