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May 8, 2017 · The word K’ne•si•ya, (church) is almost identical to yesterday’s Hebrew Word beit k’ne•set (synagogue). Both relate to the function of the house of prayer: gathering [the believers for prayer and worship], and congregating.
A primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered: "I pray," "now," or "then"; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction -- I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
- What Is The Hebrew Word For Prayer?
- The Hebrew Word Tefillah
- Why Do We Pray?
- ‘Tefillah’ in The Old Testament
- Prayer in The New Testament
- The Lord’s Prayer
- The Hebrew Word-Less Tefillah
- Prayer For Israel
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The Hebrew word for prayer is tefillah. But have you ever thought about how to define prayer? Or explain to someone how to pray? What do the Hebrew Scriptures teach us about praying? Many of us probably remember learning the Lord’s prayer as children, or the shemaif you attended a Hebrew school. Some say that prayer is a wish, others say that is pe...
Tefillah comes from the Hebrew word l’hitpalel, which stands for the process of accounting or contemplation, as well as “to judge oneself”. In Exodus 21:22, l’hitpilim is used to refer to executing judgment. In Genesis 25:21, the word translates to entreaty, although it is related to “digging”. And in Deuteronomy 3:23, tefillahmeans supplication or...
Without a doubt, the Hebrew word tefillahis our entreaty to the Most High. We air to Him our love, joy, hopes, fears, sadness, depression, fatigue, gripes and our deepest shame. Unbelievers might see prayer as delusion: Karl Marx infamously said that “religion is the opiate of the masses”; an opiate being a powerful narcotic that obscures harsh rea...
One of the earliest instances of tefillahis in Genesis 25:21, in which Isaac entreats God on Rebekah’s behalf so that she can conceive a child. Similarly, Hannah in her distress entreats the Lord to provide her with a son. Hannah is so distraught that she is weeping at the temple and uttering her words silently, that Eli the priest believed her to ...
The greatest example of prayer that we see in the New Testament is the prayer that Jesus taught His disciples – often called the Lord’s Prayer. It was a continuation of the Sermon on the Mount, and it’s quoted in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:1-13. The Sermon on the Mount serves as a parallel to the giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. There...
The first challenge of praying the Lord’s Prayer is reconciling that we do in fact live in a broken, fallen world that with the naked eye seems godless and fatherless. This darkness is not of God’s design, but an effect of sin. “Our Father who art in Heaven, hollowed be Thy name…” But it is against this darkness that the light of Messiah Jesus shin...
It is worth mentioning that tefillahdoes not always require words and speech (although God does entreat us to ask and petition). As mentioned before, Hannah was so distraught that she silently mouthed her words before making her formal vow. The Apostle Paul writes that the Spirit continually groans for us and is interceding to the Father on our beh...
Scripture commands us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Psalm 122:6-7 the well known Jerusalem Psalm, entreats us to pray like so: “May they prosper who love you. May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.” But whyshould we pray for Jerusalem? The prophets called the people to repentance and spoke of a future glory of Isr...
Mar 19, 2015 · Someone asked me a question about the word for church in the Aramaic. The word in the Greek is ekklesia which is a legal word and simply means the called out. Jesus most likely spoke these words to Peter in his native language of Aramaic and used the word ladoth.
May 8, 2017 · Every verb and many nouns in Hebrew come from a core root. The verb “to pray,” le•hit•pa•lel, clearly shows the connection to the root letters: “Now when Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven,” II Chronicles 7:1. The word ‘praying’ in this verse is “to pray” and not the adverb ‘praying.’
Ephesians 6:18. The most common Greek word translated “prayer” in the New Testament is the word proseuche. This particular word and its various forms is used approximately 127 times in the New Testament. It is the word that Paul uses in Ephesians 6:18, when he says, “Praying always with all prayer.…”
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1 Kings 8:45. HEB: הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם אֶת־ תְּפִלָּתָ֖ם וְאֶת־ תְּחִנָּתָ֑ם. NAS: in heaven their prayer and their supplication, KJV: thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, INT: hear heaven their prayer and their supplication and maintain.
