# תְּפִלָּה (tefilah)

Israeli respelling: te-fi-lah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8605. 70 Old Testament occurrences.

intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn

King James renderings: prayer.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tefilah-h8605

## Occurrences

- [2 Samuel 7:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 foun…
- [1 Kings 8:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, wh…
- [1 Kings 8:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 th…
- [1 Kings 8:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [1 Kings 8:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/45) — Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
- [1 Kings 8:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/49) — Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
- [1 Kings 8:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [1 Kings 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [2 Kings 19:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/19/4) — 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;…
- [2 Kings 20:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 s…
- [2 Chronicles 6:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t…
- [2 Chronicles 6:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [2 Chronicles 6:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [2 Chronicles 6:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/6/35) — Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
- [2 Chronicles 6:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [2 Chronicles 6:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [2 Chronicles 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [2 Chronicles 7:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/7/15) — Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
- [2 Chronicles 30:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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,…
- [2 Chronicles 33:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [2 Chronicles 33:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/33/19) — 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…
- [Nehemiah 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Nehemiah 1:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Nehemiah 11:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 th…
- [Job 16:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/16/17) — Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
- [Psalms 4:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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.
- [Psalms 6:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/6/9) — The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
- [Psalms 17:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/17/1) — Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
- [Psalms 35:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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.
- [Psalms 39:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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…
- [Psalms 42:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/42/8) — 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…
- [Psalms 54:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/54/2) — Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
- [Psalms 55:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/55/1) — Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
- [Psalms 61:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/61/1) — Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
- [Psalms 65:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/65/2) — O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
- [Psalms 66:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/66/19) — But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
- [Psalms 66:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/66/20) — Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
- [Psalms 69:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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 sal…
- [Psalms 72:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/72/20) — The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
- [Psalms 80:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/80/4) — O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
- [Psalms 84:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/84/8) — O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
- [Psalms 86:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/86/1) — Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
- [Psalms 86:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/86/6) — Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
- [Psalms 88:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/88/2) — Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
- [Psalms 88:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/88/13) — But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
- [Psalms 90:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/90/1) — Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
- [Psalms 102:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/102/1) — Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
- [Psalms 102:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/102/17) — He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
- [Psalms 109:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/109/4) — For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
- [Psalms 109:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/109/7) — When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
- [Psalms 141:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/141/2) — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
- [Psalms 141:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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: fo…
- [Psalms 142:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/142/1) — I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
- [Psalms 143:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/143/1) — Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
- [Proverbs 15:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/8) — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- [Proverbs 15:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/29) — The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
- [Proverbs 28:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/9) — He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
- [Isaiah 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 o…
- [Isaiah 37:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Isaiah 38:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 a…
- [Isaiah 56:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 7:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Jeremiah 11:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Lamentations 3:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/8) — Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
- [Lamentations 3:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/44) — Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
- [Daniel 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/3) — And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
- [Daniel 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 des…
- [Daniel 9:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, to…
- [Jonah 2:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/2/7) — When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
- [Habakkuk 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/3/1) — A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.