Strong G7715ἱκέτης
a supplicant
- Transliteration
- hiketēs
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
one who comes to seek protection, a suppliant or fugitive , who lays his ἱκετηρία on the altar or hearth, after which his person was inviolable; especially one who seeks purification after homicide , (Homer), etc. (ML)