תְּפִלָּהtᵉphillâh
prayer
Pronunciation: tef-il-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8605
Meanings
1.
a. prayer (1 Kings 8:38; 2 Chronicles 6:29; Isaiah 1:15)
b. pray a prayer (2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Kings 8:54; 1 Kings 8:28)
d. house of prayer (temple) (Isaiah 56:7; Jonah 2:8; 2 Chronicles 30:27)
e. hear prayer (1 Kings 8:45; 1 Kings 8:49; 2 Chronicles 6:35)
2. in Psalm-titles, poetic, liturgical prayer (Psalms 17:1; Psalms 86:1; Psalms 90:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 77 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 7:27 “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, God of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray this prayer to you because you have revealed all this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you—a dynasty of kings!’
- 1 Kings 8:28 Nevertheless, listen to my prayer and my plea, O Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is making to you today.
- 1 Kings 8:29 May you watch over this Temple night and day, this place where you have said, ‘My name will be there.’ May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.
- 1 Kings 8:38 and if your people Israel pray about their troubles, raising their hands toward this Temple,
- 1 Kings 8:45 then hear their prayers from heaven and uphold their cause.
- 1 Kings 8:49 then hear their prayers and their petition from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause.
See every passage
- 2 Samuel 7:27
- 1 Kings 8:28, 8:29, 8:38, 8:45, 8:49, 8:54, 9:3
- 2 Kings 19:4, 20:5
- 2 Chronicles 6:19, 6:20, 6:29, 6:35, 6:39, 6:40, 7:12, 7:15, 30:27, 33:18, 33:19
- Nehemiah 1:6, 1:11, 11:17
- Job 16:17
- Psalms 4:1, 6:9, 17:0, 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, 86:0, 86:6, 88:2, 88:13, 90:0, 102:0, 102:1, 102:17, 109:4, 109:7, 141:2, 141:5, 142:0, 143:1
- Proverbs 15:8, 15:29, 28:9
- Isaiah 1:15, 37:4, 38:5, 56:7
- Jeremiah 7:16, 11:14
- Lamentations 3:8, 3:44
- Daniel 9:3, 9:17, 9:21
- Jonah 2:7
- Habakkuk 3:1
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).