Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Teraphim \Ter"a*phim\, n. pl. [Heb. ter[=a]ph[=i]m.]
   Images connected with the magical rites used by those
   Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal
   religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for
   oracular answers. --Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.).

Source : WordNet®

teraphim
     See {teraph}