Supplication
ἱκετηρίαStrong’s G2428hiketēria
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Hiketēria is the Greek word usually translated “supplications”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;”
Meaning
Usually translated “supplications”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- supplications 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἱκετηρία hiketēria · supplication
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “supplication” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUPPLICA'TION, noun
[Latin supplicatio.]
- Entreaty; humble and earnest prayer in worship.
- Petition; earnest request.
- In Roman antiquity, a religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.