Tephillah תְּפִלָּה

Tephillah (Hebrew תְּפִלָּה, Strong's H8605) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “prayer”. It occurs 72 times in 67 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Prayer

Verses

Every verse with Tephillah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 7:27
  For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.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

• 1 Kings 8:28
  Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: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
  That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.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
  What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: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 hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
• 1 Kings 8:49
  Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
• 1 Kings 8:54
  And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.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 unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.And 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.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 19:4
  It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.Perhaps 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.”
• 2 Kings 20:5
  Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.“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.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 6:19
  Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: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.
• 2 Chronicles 6:20
  That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.May 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.
• 2 Chronicles 6:29
  Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
• 2 Chronicles 6:35
  Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
• 2 Chronicles 6:39
  Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.then 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.
• 2 Chronicles 6:40
  Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
• 2 Chronicles 7:12
  And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.the 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.
• 2 Chronicles 7:15
  Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
• 2 Chronicles 30:27
  Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.Then 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.
• 2 Chronicles 33:18
  Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.As 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.
• 2 Chronicles 33:19
  His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.His 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.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 1:6
  Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.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.
• Nehemiah 1:11
  O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.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.)
• Nehemiah 11:17
  And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.Mattaniah 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.

Job

• Job 16:17
  Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

Psalms

• Psalm 4:1
  Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
• Psalm 6:9
  The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
• Psalm 17:1
  Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
• Psalm 35:13
  But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
• Psalm 39:12
  Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.Hear 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.
• Psalm 42:8
  Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
• Psalm 54:2
  Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
• Psalm 55:1
  Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
• Psalm 61:1
  Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
• Psalm 65:2
  O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
• Psalm 66:19
  But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
• Psalm 66:20
  Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
• Psalm 69:13
  But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.But 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.
• Psalm 72:20
  The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
• Psalm 80:4
  O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
• Psalm 84:8
  O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
• Psalm 86:6
  Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
• Psalm 88:2
  Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
• Psalm 88:13
  But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
• Psalm 102:1
  Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
• Psalm 102:17
  He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
• Psalm 109:4
  For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
• Psalm 109:7
  When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
• Psalm 141:2
  Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
• Psalm 141:5
  Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.Let 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.
• Psalm 143:1
  Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 15:8
  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Proverbs 15:29
  The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
• Proverbs 28:9
  He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 1:15
  And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.When 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.
• Isaiah 37:4
  It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.Perhaps 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.”
• Isaiah 38:5
  Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.“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.
• Isaiah 56:7
  Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.I 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.”

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 7:16
  Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.As 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.
• Jeremiah 11:14
  Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.As 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.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:8
  Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
• Lamentations 3:44
  Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

Daniel

• Daniel 9:3
  And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
• Daniel 9:17
  Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.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.
• Daniel 9:21
  Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.while 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.

Jonah

• Jonah 2:7
  When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:1
  A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).