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)
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G2428 — ἱκετηρία
hiketēria · supplication · Greek