Strong's Number G2428

ἱκετηρία

hiketeria · hik-et-ay-ree'-ah

Transliteration:

hiketeria{hik-et-ay-ree'-ah}

Word Origin:

from a derivative of the base of 2425 (through the idea of approaching for a favour)

TDNT:

3:296,362

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

intreaty

Usage in the KJV:

supplication 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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
supplication