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Strong's #2428 - ἱκετηρία

Transliteration
hiketēría
Phonetics
hik-et-ay-ree'-ah
Origin
from a derivative of the base of (G2425) (through the idea of approaching for a favour)
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TDNT
3:296,362
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. an olive branch
    1. for suppliants approached the one whose aid they would implore holding an olive branch entwined with white wool and fillets, to signify that they came as suppliants
  2. supplication
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἱκετηριìα

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Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἱκετήριος, ἱκετηρία, ἱκετηριον (ἱκέτης a suppliant), pertaining to a suppliant, fit for a suppliant; ἱκετηρία, as a substantive, namely, ἐλαία or ῤάβδος;

1. an olive-branch; for suppliants approached the one whose aid they would implore holding an olive-branch entwined with white wool and fillets, to signify that they came as suppliants (cf. Trench, § 51, under the end): λαμβάνειν ἱκετηριαν, Herodotus 5, 51; ἱκετηριαν τιθέναι or προβάλλεσθαι παρά τίνι, etc.

2. equivalent to ἱκεσία, supplication (Isocrates, p. 186 d. vat.; Polybius; 2 Macc. 9:18): plural joined with δεήσεις (Polybius 3, 112, 8; singular Job 40:22, the Sept.), Hebrews 5:7.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἱκετήριος , -α , -ον

(< ἱκέτης , a suppliant),

[in LXX: Job 40:22, 2 Maccabees 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 . ., Hebrews 5:7.

SYN.: see δέησις G1162.


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

With the use of this word in Hebrews 5:7 cf. P Tebt II. 326.3 (c. A.D. 266) ὑπὲρ θυγατρὸς ὀρφανῆς καὶ καταδεοῦς τὴν ἡλικίαν, δέσποτα ἡγεμών, ἱκετηρίαν τιθεμένη ἐπὶ τὸ σὸν μέγεθος καταφεύγω, ";on behalf of my orphan daughter who is under age, my lord praefect, I make this supplication and take refuge in your power"; (Edd.), P Oxy I. 71i. 3 (A.D. 303) τὴν ἱκ [ετ ]ηρίαν προσάγω εὔελπις ὢν τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ σοῦ μεγέθους δικαιοκρισίας τυχεῖν, ";I make my petition to you with full confidence that I shall obtain justice from your highness"; (Edd.), Syll 666.3 (ii/B.C.) ὑπὲρ ὧν ὁ ἱερεὺς τῆς Ἴσιος ἔθετο τὴν ἱκετηρίαν ἐν τῆι βουλῆι κτλ. For a similar use of ἱκετεία (cf. Sirach 32:14 al.) cf. P Petr II. 19 (1a).2 (iii/B.C.) μετὰ δεήσεως καὶ ἱκετείας, P Par 39.9 (B.C. 161) δέομαι ὑμῶν μεθ᾽ ἱκετείας : see also ib. 68 C. .20 (ii/A.D.) ἱκεσίους σοι χεῖρας.

 


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List of Word Forms
ικέται ικετηριας ικετηρίας ἱκετηρίας hiketerias hiketerías hiketērias hiketērías iketerias iketērias
 
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