H8605 תְּפִלָּה (tᵉphillâh) tef-il-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

prayer

Strong's Definition

intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn

Derivation: from H6419 (פָּלַל);

KJV Usage: prayer.

TWOT Reference: 1776a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) prayer

1a) prayer

1b) pray a prayer

1c) house of prayer

1d) hear prayer

1e) in Ps titles (of poetic or liturgical prayer)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1162 G2171 G2172 G4335 G5215

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תְּפִלָּה (te.phil.lah) — prayer. 1) prayer 1a) prayer 1b) pray a prayer 1c) house of prayer 1d) hear prayer 1e) in Ps titles (of poetic or liturgical prayer)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תְּפִלָּה (H8605)

noun f · פלל

Pray | ≈ מַשְׂאַת כַּפִַּים · עתר · פרשׂ כַּפַּיִם · רִנָּה · שַׁוְעָה · תְּחִנָּה

prayer = action by which humans speak to a deity, often by raising their hands, ► requesting help or expressing their thankfulness

2SA 7:27 · 1KI 8:28 · 1KI 8:28 · 1KI 8:29 · 1KI 8:38 · 1KI 8:45 · 1KI 8:49 · 1KI 8:54 · 1KI 9:3 · 2KI 19:4 · 2KI 20:5 · 2CH 6:19 · 2CH 6:19 · 2CH 6:20 · 2CH 6:29 · 2CH 6:35 · 2CH 6:39 · 2CH 6:40 · 2CH 7:12 · 2CH 7:15 · 2CH 30:27 · 2CH 33:18 · 2CH 33:19 · NEH 1:6 · NEH 1:11 · NEH 1:11 · NEH 11:17 · JOB 16:17 · JOB 24:12 · PSA 4:2 · PSA 6:10 · PSA 17:1 · PSA 17:1 · PSA 35:13 · PSA 39:13 · PSA 42:9 · PSA 54:4 · PSA 55:2 · PSA 61:2 · PSA 65:3 · PSA 66:19 · PSA 66:20 · PSA 69:14 · PSA 72:20 · PSA 80:5 · PSA 84:9 · PSA 86:1 · PSA 86:6 · PSA 88:3 · PSA 88:14 · PSA 90:1 · PSA 102:1 · PSA 102:2 · PSA 102:18 · PSA 102:18 · PSA 109:4 · PSA 109:7 · PSA 141:2 · PSA 141:5 · PSA 142:1 · PSA 143:1 · PRO 15:8 · PRO 15:29 · PRO 28:9 · ISA 1:15 · ISA 37:4 · ISA 38:5 · ISA 56:7 · ISA 56:7 · JER 7:16 · JER 11:14 · LAM 3:8 · LAM 3:44 · DAN 9:3 · DAN 9:17 · DAN 9:21 · JON 2:8 · HAB 3:1

¹ JOB 24:12 RSV NJB NRSV REB GNT | MT HOTTP-B תִּפְלָה NIV "wrongdoing" NJPS "reproach"

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תְּפִלָּה 77 n.f. prayer base

Bible Occurrences (70)

7:27

8:28 8:29 8:38 8:45 8:49 8:54 9:3

19:4 20:5

6:19 6:20 6:29 6:35 6:39 6:40 7:12 7:15 30:27 33:18 33:19

1:6 1:11 11:17

16:17

4:1 6:9 17:1 35:13 39:12 42:8 54:2 55:1 61:1 65:2 66:19 66:20 69:13 72:20 80:4 84:8 86:1 86:6 88:2 88:13 90:1 102:1 102:17 109:4 109:7 141:2 141:5 142:1 143:1

15:8 15:29 28:9

1:15 37:4 38:5 56:7

7:16 11:14

3:8 3:44

9:3 9:17 9:21

2:7

3:1

2 Samuel 7:27

For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed [this] to Your servant when You said, I will build a house for you. Therefore... Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.

1 Kings 8:28

Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear... the cry... and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

1 Kings 8:29

May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, My Name shall be there, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

1 Kings 8:38

then may whatever prayer or petition... Your people Israel make — each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

1 Kings 8:45

then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

1 Kings 8:49

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

1 Kings 8:54

Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD -, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling...... with his hands spread out toward heaven.

1 Kings 9:3

And the LORD said to him: I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever...; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.