Pâlal — H6419

Definition

verb

to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray

1. to intervene, interpose, pray
1. (Piel) to mediate, judge
2. (Hithpael)
1. to intercede
2. to pray

Usually translated as

pray, praying, prayer, judge, judgment, make supplication, intreat

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• diaphtheírō (G1311)
• eúchomai (G2172)
• proseúchomai (G4336)

Occurrences

Pâlal occurs 84 times in 82 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (2), 1 Samuel (10), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (10), 2 Kings (6), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (14), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (4), Job (2), Psalms (4), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (10), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (2), Jonah (2)

• Genesis 20:7 — Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray (וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל) for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
• Genesis 20:17 — So Abraham prayed (וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל) unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
• Genesis 48:11 — And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought (פִלָּ֑לְתִּי) to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
• Numbers 11:2 — And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed (וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל) unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
• Numbers 21:7 — Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray (הִתְפַּלֵּל֙) unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
• Numbers 21:7 — Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed (וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל) for the people.
• Deuteronomy 9:20 — And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed (וָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֛ל) for Aaron also the same time.
• Deuteronomy 9:26 — I prayed (וָאֶתְפַּלֵּ֣ל) therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
• 1 Samuel 1:10 — And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed (וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל) unto the LORD, and wept sore.
• 1 Samuel 1:12 — And it came to pass, as she continued praying (לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל) before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
• 1 Samuel 1:26 — And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying (לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל) unto the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 1:27 — For this child I prayed (הִתְפַּלָּ֑לְתִּי); and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
• 1 Samuel 2:1 — And Hannah prayed (וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל), 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 salvation.
• 1 Samuel 2:25 — If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge (וּפִֽלְל֣וֹ) him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
• 1 Samuel 2:25 — If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall (יִתְפַּלֶּל) intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
• 1 Samuel 7:5 — And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray (וְאֶתְפַּלֵּ֥ל) for you unto the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 8:6 — But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed (וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל) unto the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 12:19 — And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray (הִתְפַּלֵּ֧ל) for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
• 1 Samuel 12:23 — Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray (לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל) for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
• 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 (לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל) this prayer unto thee.
• 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 (מִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל) before thee to day:
• 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 (יִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל) toward this place.
• 1 Kings 8:30 — And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray (יִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וּ) toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
• 1 Kings 8:33 — When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray (וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֧וּ), and make supplication unto thee in this house:
• 1 Kings 8:35 — When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray (וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֞וּ) toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
• 1 Kings 8:42 — (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray (וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל) toward this house;
• 1 Kings 8:44 — If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray (וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ) unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
• 1 Kings 8:48 — And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray (וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ) unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
• 1 Kings 8:54 — And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying (לְהִתְפַּלֵּל֙) 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 13:6 — And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray (וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל) for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
• 2 Kings 4:33 — He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed (וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל) unto the LORD.
• 2 Kings 6:17 — And Elisha prayed (וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל), and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
• 2 Kings 6:18 — And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed (וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל) unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
• 2 Kings 19:15 — And Hezekiah prayed (וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל) 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 kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
• 2 Kings 19:20 — Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed (הִתְפַּלַּ֧לְתָּ) to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
• 2 Kings 20:2 — Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed (וַיִּ֨תְפַּלֵּ֔ל) unto the LORD, saying,
• 1 Chronicles 17:25 — For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray (לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל) before thee.
• 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 (מִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל) before thee:
• 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 (יִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל) toward this place.
• 2 Chronicles 6:21 — Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make (יִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וּ) toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
• 2 Chronicles 6:24 — And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray (וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֧וּ) and make supplication before thee in this house;
• 2 Chronicles 6:26 — When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray (וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֞וּ) toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
• 2 Chronicles 6:32 — Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray (וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֖וּ) in this house;
• 2 Chronicles 6:34 — If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray (וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ) unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
• 2 Chronicles 6:38 — If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray (וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ) toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
• 2 Chronicles 7:1 — Now when Solomon had made an end of praying (לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֔ל), the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
• 2 Chronicles 7:14 — If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray (וְיִֽתְפַּֽלְלוּ֙), and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• 2 Chronicles 30:18 — For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed (הִתְפַּלֵּ֨ל) for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
• 2 Chronicles 32:20 — And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed (וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֞ל) and cried to heaven.
• 2 Chronicles 32:24 — In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed (וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙) unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.