Word Study · Strong's H8605 · Hebrew
תְּפִלָּה
tephillah
tef-il-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tᵉphillâh
“intercession, supplication”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
Rendered in the KJV as
prayer.
- 72occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 14 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 45inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 72 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 45
- הַתְּפִלָּ֔ה4
- תְּפִלָּתִ֑י4
- תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃4
- תְּפִלַּ֣ת3
- תְפִלָּתִ֑י3
- תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ3
- תְּפִלָּתָ֖ם3
- וּתְפִלַּ֖ת2
- וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹ2
- וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗י2
- לִתְפִלַּ֖ת2
- תְפִלָּ֔ה2
and 33 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 20
- prayer my20
- prayer8
- [the] prayer of7
- prayer their6
- the prayer6
- prayer your4
- and prayer his3
- and prayer my3
- a prayer2
- and a prayer2
- to [the] prayer of2
- [am] prayer1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular20
- noun · feminine singular12
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)7
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural6
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular6
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 20
- HNcfsa · 12
- HNcfsc · 7
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 6
- HTd/Ncfsa · 6
- HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 4
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bs · 3
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 3
- HR/Ncfsc · 3
- HC/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Ncfsc · 2
- HRd/Ncfsa · 2
All 72, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Psalms27 of 72 · 38%
- 2 Chronicles12 of 72 · 17%
- 1 Kings8 of 72 · 11%
- Isaiah5 of 72 · 7%
- Nehemiah4 of 72 · 6%
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings8 occurrences
- 1 Kings 8:28תְּפִלַּ֧תtefilatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: [the] prayer of
- 1 Kings 8:28הַתְּפִלָּ֔הhatefilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularYet 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.here: the prayer
- 1 Kings 8:29הַתְּפִלָּ֔הhatefilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularMay 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.here: the prayer
- 1 Kings 8:38תְּפִלָּ֣הtefilahnoun · feminine singularthen may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—here: prayer
- 1 Kings 8:45תְּפִלָּתָ֖םtefilatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralthen may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.here: prayer their
- 1 Kings 8:49תְּפִלָּתָ֖םtefilatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralthen may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.here: prayer their
- 1 Kings 8:54הַתְּפִלָּ֥הhatefilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularNow 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.here: the prayer
- 1 Kings 9:3תְּפִלָּתְךָ֣tefilatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAnd the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.here: prayer your
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 19:4תְפִלָּ֔הtefilahnoun · feminine singularPerhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”here: prayer
- 2 Kings 20:5תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָtefilatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.here: prayer your
2 Chronicles12 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 6:19תְּפִלַּ֧תtefilatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: [the] prayer of
- 2 Chronicles 6:19הַתְּפִלָּ֔הhatefilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularYet 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.here: the prayer
- 2 Chronicles 6:20הַתְּפִלָּ֔הhatefilahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularMay Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.here: the prayer
- 2 Chronicles 6:29תְּפִלָּ֣הtefilahnoun · feminine singularthen may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—here: prayer
- 2 Chronicles 6:35תְּפִלָּתָ֖םtefilatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralthen may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.here: prayer their
- 2 Chronicles 6:39תְּפִלָּתָם֙tefilatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralthen may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.here: prayer their
- 2 Chronicles 6:40לִתְפִלַּ֖תlitfilatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.here: to [the] prayer of
- 2 Chronicles 7:12תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָtefilatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularthe LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.here: prayer your
- 2 Chronicles 7:15לִתְפִלַּ֖תlitfilatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.here: to [the] prayer of
- 2 Chronicles 30:27תְפִלָּתָ֛םtefilatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThen the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.here: prayer their
- 2 Chronicles 33:18וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹutefilatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAs for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.here: and prayer his
- 2 Chronicles 33:19וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹutefilatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHis prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.here: and prayer his
Nehemiah4 occurrences
- Nehemiah 1:6תְּפִלַּ֣תtefilatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.here: [the] prayer of
- Nehemiah 1:11תְּפִלַּ֨תtefilatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)here: [the] prayer of
- Nehemiah 1:11תְּפִלַּ֣תtefilatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)here: [the] prayer of
- Nehemiah 11:17לַתְּפִלָּ֔הlatefilahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularMattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.here: to the prayer
Psalms27 occurrences
- Psalms 4:1תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃tefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAnswer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.here: prayer my
- Psalms 6:9תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThe LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.here: prayer my
- Psalms 17:1תְפִלָּתִ֑יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularHear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.here: prayer my
- Psalms 35:13וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗יutefilaticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.here: and prayer my
- Psalms 39:12תְפִלָּתִ֨י׀tefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularHear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.here: prayer my
- Psalms 42:8תְּ֝פִלָּ֗הtefilahnoun · feminine singularThe LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.here: a prayer
- Psalms 54:2תְּפִלָּתִ֑יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularHear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.here: prayer my
- Psalms 55:1תְּפִלָּתִ֑יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularListen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.here: prayer my
- Psalms 61:1תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃tefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularHear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.here: prayer my
- Psalms 65:2תְּפִלָּ֑הtefilahnoun · feminine singularO You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.here: prayer
- Psalms 66:19תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃tefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBut God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.here: prayer my
- Psalms 66:20תְּפִלָּתִ֥יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBlessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!here: prayer my
- Psalms 69:13תְפִלָּתִֽי־tefilati-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBut my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.here: prayer my
- Psalms 72:20תְפִלּ֑וֹתtefilotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.here: [the] prayers of
- Psalms 80:4בִּתְפִלַּ֥תbitfilatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?here: at [the] prayer of
- Psalms 84:8תְפִלָּתִ֑יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularO LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selahhere: prayer my
- Psalms 86:6תְּפִלָּתִ֑יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularHear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.here: prayer my
- Psalms 88:2תְּפִלָּתִ֑יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMay my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.here: prayer my
- Psalms 88:13תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBut to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.here: prayer my
- Psalms 102:1תְפִלָּתִ֑יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularHear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.here: prayer my
- Psalms 102:17תְּפִלַּ֣תtefilatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.here: [the] prayer of
- Psalms 102:17תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃tefilatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralHe will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.here: prayer their
- Psalms 109:4תְפִלָּֽה׃tefilahnoun · feminine singularIn return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.here: [am] prayer
- Psalms 109:7וּ֝תְפִלָּת֗וֹutefilatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.here: and prayer his
- Psalms 141:2תְּפִלָּתִ֣יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMay my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.here: prayer my
- Psalms 141:5וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗יutefilaticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularLet the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.here: and prayer my
- Psalms 143:1תְּפִלָּתִ֗יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularO LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.here: prayer my
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 15:8וּתְפִלַּ֖תutefilatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.here: and [is the] prayer of
- Proverbs 15:29וּתְפִלַּ֖תutefilatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.here: and [the] prayer of
- Proverbs 28:9תְּ֝פִלָּת֗וֹtefilatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.here: prayer his
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:15תְפִלָּ֖הtefilahnoun · feminine singularWhen you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.here: prayer
- Isaiah 37:4תְפִלָּ֔הtefilahnoun · feminine singularPerhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”here: prayer
- Isaiah 38:5תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָtefilatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.here: prayer your
- Isaiah 56:7תְּפִלָּתִ֔יtefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”here: prayer my
- Isaiah 56:7תְּפִלָּ֥הtefilahnoun · feminine singularI will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”here: prayer
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 7:16וּתְפִלָּ֖הutefilahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularAs for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.here: and a prayer
- Jeremiah 11:14וּתְפִלָּ֑הutefilahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularAs for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.here: and a prayer
Lamentations2 occurrences
- Lamentations 3:8תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃tefilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularEven when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.here: prayer my
- Lamentations 3:44תְּפִלָּֽה׃tefilahnoun · feminine singularYou have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.here: prayer of
Daniel3 occurrences
- Daniel 9:3תְּפִלָּ֖הtefilahnoun · feminine singularSo I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.here: prayer
- Daniel 9:17תְּפִלַּ֤תtefilatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.here: [the] prayer of
- Daniel 9:21בַּתְּפִלָּ֑הbatefilahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularwhile I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.here: in the prayer