תְּפִלָּה
tᵉphillâh · tef-il-law'
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6419 (פָּלַל);
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
- intercession, supplication
- by implication, a hymn
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: prayer.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to speak, the word of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּפִלָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
77 occurrences · 77 OT · 0 NT · 48 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- my prayer9 · 15%
- thy prayer6 · 10%
- a prayer6 · 10%
- unto the prayer5 · 8%
- their prayer4 · 7%
- the prayer4 · 7%
- unto my prayer3 · 5%
- and to the prayer2 · 3%
- in prayer2 · 3%
- and my prayer2 · 3%
- let my prayer2 · 3%
- of prayer2 · 3%
- this prayer1 · 2%
- what prayer1 · 2%
- thou their prayer1 · 2%
- all this prayer1 · 2%
- therefore to the prayer1 · 2%
- and the prayer1 · 2%
- then what prayer1 · 2%
- and their prayer1 · 2%
- and his prayer1 · 2%
- his prayer1 · 2%
- to the prayer1 · 2%
- also my prayer1 · 2%
- shall be with me, and my prayer1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.