פָּלַל palal

Hebrew word for “to pray” · Strong’s H6419 · used 84 times in 82 verses

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Meaning

1) to intervene, interpose, pray; 1a) (Piel) to mediate, judge; 1b)(Hithpael); 1b1) to intercede; 1b2) to pray

How it is translated

Glosses given for palal in context, with how often each is used:

• prayed 25
• pray 19
• will pray 17
• praying 5
• may pray 4
• judged 1
• will mediate for 1
• will he intercede 1
• had prayed 1
• just as was praying 1
• when prayed he 1
• him pray 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 8 (9), 2 Chronicles 6 (8), 1 Samuel 1 (4), Jeremiah 42 (3), Genesis 20 (2), Deuteronomy 9 (2), 1 Samuel 2 (2), 1 Samuel 12 (2), 2 Kings 6 (2), 2 Kings 19 (2)

Forms

• ויתפלל 19
• והתפללו 10
• להתפלל 8
• התפלל 5
• ואתפלל 5
• יתפלל 5
• מתפלל 4
• יתפללו 3
• והתפלל 3
• תתפלל 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with palal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בַּעַד bead “about/through/for” 19
• זֶה zeh “this” 18
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 17
• תְּפִלָּה tephillah “prayer” 9
• תְּחִנָּה techinnah “supplication” 7
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 11
• שֵׁם shem “name” 13
• יָדָה yadah “to give thanks” 8
• חִזְקִיָּהוּ chizqiyyah “Hezekiah” 8
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 13
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 11
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 8

Key verses

The verses using palal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 20:7 — Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou…
• 1 Samuel 2:1 — And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy…
• 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…
• 2 Kings 19:15 — And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the…
• Job 42:8 — Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall…
• Job 42:10 — And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
• Isaiah 45:14 — Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine:…
• Isaiah 45:20 — Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and…
• Jeremiah 29:12 — Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
• Jeremiah 42:2 — And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this…
• Daniel 9:4 — And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him,…
• Jonah 4:2 — And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.