Quick Definition
supplication, entreaty
Strong's Definition
intreaty
Derivation: from a derivative of the base of G2425 (ἱκανός) (through the idea of approaching for a favor);
KJV Usage: supplication
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἱκετήριος, ἱκετηρία, ἱκετηριον (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 ἱκετηριαν, Herodotus 5, 51; ἱκετηριαν τιθέναι or προβάλλεσθαι παρά τίνι, etc.
2. equivalent to ἱκεσία, supplication (Isocrates, p. 186 d. vat.; Polybius; 2Ma_9:18): plural joined with δεήσεις (Polybius 3, 112, 8; singular Job_40:22, the Sept.), Heb_5:7.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱκετηρία hiketēria 1x
pr. an olive branch borne by suppliants in their hands; prayer, supplication, Heb_5:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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 G1162 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱκετηρία [page 302]
With the use of this word in Heb_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. 71 i. 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. Sir_32:14 al. ) cf. P Petr II. 19 (1 a ) .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 .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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)