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Lexicon :: Strong's G2428 - hiketēria

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ἱκετηρία
Transliteration
hiketēria (Key)
Pronunciation
hik-et-ay-ree'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of the base of ἱκανός (G2425) (through the idea of approaching for a favour)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

ἱκετηρία hiketēría, hik-et-ay-ree'-ah; from a derivative of the base of G2425 (through the idea of approaching for a favor); intreaty:—supplication.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2428 in the following manner: supplication (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2428 in the following manner: supplication (1x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἱκετηρία hiketēría, hik-et-ay-ree'-ah; from a derivative of the base of G2425 (through the idea of approaching for a favor); intreaty:—supplication.
STRONGS G2428:
ἱκετήριος, -α, -ον, (ἱκέτης a suppliant), pertaining to a suppliant, fit for a suppliant; ἡ 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 ἱκετηρίαν, Herodotus 5, 51; ἱκετηρίαν τιθέναι or προβάλλεσθαι παρά τινι, etc.
2. equivalent to ἱκεσία, supplication (Isocrates, p. 186 d. var.; Polybius; 2 Macc. 9:18): plural joined with δεήσεις (Polybius 3, 112, 8; singular Job 40:22, Sept.), Hebrews 5:7.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
40:22
Hebrews
5:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2428 matches the Greek ἱκετηρία (hiketēria),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:7 - [fn]In the days of His flesh, [fn]He offered up both prayers and supplications G2428 with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him [fn]from death, and He [fn]was heard because of His piety.
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