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.
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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).