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Strong's H8605 תְּפִלָּה (tephillah)

Tephillah means “prayer” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8605
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 67
Books 14

Strong's H8605 Quick Answer

Strong's H8605 תְּפִלָּה (tphillah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tphillah (tef-il-law') n-f. 1. intercession, supplication 2. (by implication) a hymn It has 67 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include prayer, supplication, supplications, prayers, and intercession. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
tphillah (tef-il-law') n-f. 1. intercession, supplication 2. (by implication) a hymn
Usage
67 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
prayer, supplication, supplications, prayers, and intercession

Meaning and Definition

tphillah (tef-il-law') n-f. 1. intercession, supplication 2. (by implication) a hymn [from H6419] KJV: prayer. Root(s): H6419

Original Word
תְּפִלָּה
Transliteration
tphillah
Derivation
Root: פלל First root strongs: 6419
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8605. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

prayer

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)

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How Strong's H8605 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tphillah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

prayer 2 Samuel 7:27 48× supplication 1 Kings 8:28 11× supplications 2 Chronicles 6:39 prayers Psalms 72:20 intercession Jeremiah 7:16

How Strong's H8605 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 67 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8605 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8605 in the Old Testament

67 indexed usages in Old Testament.

2 Samuel 7:27 KJV

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.

1 Kings 8:28 KJV

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:

1 Kings 8:29 KJV

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 67 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8605.

2 Samuel 7:27 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Kings 8:28 Old Testament, KJV
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:
1 Kings 8:29 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Kings 8:38 Old Testament, KJV
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:
1 Kings 8:45 Old Testament, KJV
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
1 Kings 8:49 Old Testament, KJV
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
1 Kings 8:54 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Kings 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Kings 19:4 Old Testament, KJV
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all 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 are left.
2 Kings 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 6:19 Old Testament, KJV
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:
2 Chronicles 6:20 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 6:29 Old Testament, KJV
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:
2 Chronicles 6:35 Old Testament, KJV
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
2 Chronicles 6:39 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 6:40 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
2 Chronicles 30:27 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 33:18 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 33:19 Old Testament, KJV
His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, 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.
Nehemiah 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Nehemiah 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Nehemiah 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Job 16:17 Old Testament, KJV
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Psalms 4:1 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 6:9 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
Psalms 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 35:13 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 39:12 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 42:8 Old Testament, KJV
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalms 54:2 Old Testament, KJV
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Psalms 55:1 Old Testament, KJV
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Psalms 61:1 Old Testament, KJV
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
Psalms 65:2 Old Testament, KJV
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Psalms 66:19 Old Testament, KJV
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalms 66:20 Old Testament, KJV
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Psalms 69:13 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 72:20 Old Testament, KJV
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
Psalms 80:4 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Psalms 84:8 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 86:6 Old Testament, KJV
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Psalms 88:2 Old Testament, KJV
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalms 88:13 Old Testament, KJV
But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Psalms 102:1 Old Testament, KJV
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Psalms 102:17 Old Testament, KJV
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Psalms 109:4 Old Testament, KJV
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Psalms 109:7 Old Testament, KJV
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
Psalms 141:2 Old Testament, KJV
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Psalms 141:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 143:1 Old Testament, KJV
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Proverbs 15:8 Old Testament, KJV
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 15:29 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 28:9 Old Testament, KJV
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Isaiah 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 37:4 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 38:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 56:7 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 11:14 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Lamentations 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Lamentations 3:44 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
Daniel 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Daniel 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Daniel 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jonah 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Habakkuk 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8605, grouped by book.

2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 7 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 11 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 26 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8605 FAQ

What does tephillah (תְּפִלָּה) mean?

Tephillah (Strong's H8605) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "prayer". tphillah (tef-il-law') n-f. 1. intercession, supplication 2. (by implication) a hymn

How many times is tephillah (תְּפִלָּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 67 linked usages for Strong's H8605 across 14 books.

Where can I study tephillah (תְּפִלָּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8605 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate tephillah (תְּפִלָּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as prayer, supplication, supplications, prayers, and intercession. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.