or Theraphim, a word in the He- brew language, which has exercised much the ingenui- ty of the critics. It occurs 13 or 14 times in the Old Testament, and is commonly interpreted idols. We will not trouble our readers with the numerous conjec- tures which have been formed respecting the meaning of this word. The only way to determine it, if it be at all possible, would be to examine and compare all the passages in which it occurs, and to consult the ancient translations. Conjectures are useless; every man may make a new one, which will have just as good a title to belief as those which have been already proposed.