supplication

Greek Noun Female

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)

supplication

Greek Noun Female

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+]; φωτῶν ἱκτήρια, ={φῶτας ἱκτηρίους}, [Refs] 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+]; ἱκετηρίην λαβεῖν, φέρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of petitions laid before the Athenian people, ἱ. θεῖναι And.[same place], [Refs 4th c.BC+], which is a later use,[Refs]; ὑπὲρ θυγατρὸς ἱ. τιθεμένη [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἱ. ἔθηκεν παρ᾽ ὑμῖν,= ἱκέτευσεν ὑμᾶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; later ἱ. πέμπειν, προβάλλεσθαι, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἱκετηρίας προσενέγκας, ἱκετηρίαν προσάγειν, [NT+4th c.AD+], where the suppliant represents herself as the olive-branch, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) ={ἱκεσία}, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]ad Ath.275c, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

intreaty; supplication; from a derivative of the base of g2425 (ἱκανός) (through the idea of approaching for a favor)