Gloss: supplication
Transliteration: hiketēria
Strong’s: G2428
ἱκετήριος, -α, -ον
(ἱκέτης, a suppliant), [in LXX: Job.40:22, 2Ma.9:18 * ;]
of a suppliant; as subst., ἡ ἱ. (Sc. ῥάβδος),
__1. in cl., an olive-branch, carried by a suppliant.
__2. In late Gk. = ἱκεσία, supplication: pl., δεήσεις κ. ἱ., Heb.5:7
<re>SYN.: see: δέησις </re> (AS)
(ἱκέτης, a suppliant), [in LXX: Job.40:22, 2Ma.9:18 * ;]
of a suppliant; as subst., ἡ ἱ. (Sc. ῥάβδος),
__1. in cl., an olive-branch, carried by a suppliant.
__2. In late Gk. = ἱκεσία, supplication: pl., δεήσεις κ. ἱ., Heb.5:7
<re>SYN.: see: δέησις </re> (AS)