Strong G2428ἱκετηρία
supplication
- Transliteration
- hiketēria
- Pronunciation
- hik-et-ay-ree'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From a derivative of the base of G2425 (through the idea of approaching for a favor); intreaty: - supplication.
Detailed definition
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
SYN.: see: δέησις (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
SYN.: see: δέησις (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2428 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- supplication1
First verses
- Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἱκετ-ήριος,
poetry ἱκτήριος, α, ον, as adjective in the latter form only, of or fit for suppliants, ἱ. θησαυρός, of hair offered to a god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1175; κλάδοι [prev. author] “OT” 3; ἱκτήριοι,= ἱκέται, [prev. work] 327)]; φωτῶν ἱκτήρια, ={φῶτας ἱκτηρίους}, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 923.)]
II ἱκετηρία, poetry ἱκτηρία, Ionic dialect ἱκετηρίη (i.e. ῥάβδος), ἡ, olive-branch which the suppliant held in his hand as a symbol of his condition, λευκοστεφεῖς ἱκτηρίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 192)]; ἱκετηρίην λαβεῖν, φέρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.51, 7.141; ἱκετηρίαν ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 383; καταθεῖναι ἐν τῷ Ἐλευσινίῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.110, compare “UPZ” 1.9 (4th c.BC))]; especially of petitions laid before the Athenian people, ἱ. θεῖναι And.[same place], [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 43.6 (less correctly θέσθαι 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.96)], which is a later use,[Refs (compare “SIG” 2666.6 (from Samos)))]; ὑπὲρ θυγατρὸς ἱ. τιθεμένη [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 326.3 (3rd c.AD))]; ἱ. ἔθηκεν παρ᾽ ὑμῖν,= ἱκέτευσεν ὑμᾶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.107, compare 24.12; ὑπὲρ τοῦ μισθοῦ ἱ. θεῖναι εἰς τὴν βουλήν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.104, compare 2.15)]; later ἱ. πέμπειν, προβάλλεσθαι, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 28, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.26)]; ἱκετηρίας προσενέγκας, ἱκετηρίαν προσάγειν, [NT+4th c.AD+ (NT.Heb.5.7, “POxy.” 71 i 3 (4th c.AD): _metaphorically_, ἱκετηρίαν δὲ γόνασιν ἐξάπτω σέθεν τὸ σῶμα τοὐμόν)], where the suppliant represents herself as the olive-branch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1216; νομίζετε τὸν παῖδα τουτονὶ ἱκετηρίαν προκεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.83.)]
II.2 ={ἱκεσία}, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.138 (_plural_), compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.112.8 (_plural_), 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator)]ad Ath.275c, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.7.)]
poetry ἱκτήριος, α, ον, as adjective in the latter form only, of or fit for suppliants, ἱ. θησαυρός, of hair offered to a god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1175; κλάδοι [prev. author] “OT” 3; ἱκτήριοι,= ἱκέται, [prev. work] 327)]; φωτῶν ἱκτήρια, ={φῶτας ἱκτηρίους}, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 923.)]
II ἱκετηρία, poetry ἱκτηρία, Ionic dialect ἱκετηρίη (i.e. ῥάβδος), ἡ, olive-branch which the suppliant held in his hand as a symbol of his condition, λευκοστεφεῖς ἱκτηρίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 192)]; ἱκετηρίην λαβεῖν, φέρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.51, 7.141; ἱκετηρίαν ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 383; καταθεῖναι ἐν τῷ Ἐλευσινίῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.110, compare “UPZ” 1.9 (4th c.BC))]; especially of petitions laid before the Athenian people, ἱ. θεῖναι And.[same place], [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 43.6 (less correctly θέσθαι 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.96)], which is a later use,[Refs (compare “SIG” 2666.6 (from Samos)))]; ὑπὲρ θυγατρὸς ἱ. τιθεμένη [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 326.3 (3rd c.AD))]; ἱ. ἔθηκεν παρ᾽ ὑμῖν,= ἱκέτευσεν ὑμᾶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.107, compare 24.12; ὑπὲρ τοῦ μισθοῦ ἱ. θεῖναι εἰς τὴν βουλήν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.104, compare 2.15)]; later ἱ. πέμπειν, προβάλλεσθαι, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 28, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.26)]; ἱκετηρίας προσενέγκας, ἱκετηρίαν προσάγειν, [NT+4th c.AD+ (NT.Heb.5.7, “POxy.” 71 i 3 (4th c.AD): _metaphorically_, ἱκετηρίαν δὲ γόνασιν ἐξάπτω σέθεν τὸ σῶμα τοὐμόν)], where the suppliant represents herself as the olive-branch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1216; νομίζετε τὸν παῖδα τουτονὶ ἱκετηρίαν προκεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.83.)]
II.2 ={ἱκεσία}, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.138 (_plural_), compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.112.8 (_plural_), 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator)]ad Ath.275c, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.7.)]