noun · feminine

hiketērias

Greekἱκετηρία (hiketēria)

Strong’sG2428

supplication, entreaty

stem hiketēri-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

supplications1×

What it means

ἱκετήριος, -α, -ον

(< ἱκέτης, a suppliant), [in LXX: Jb 40:22(27), II Mac 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., He 5:7.

SYN.: v.s. δέησις.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2428 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhik-et-ay-ree'-ah

intreaty

Fromfrom a derivative of the base of G2425 (through the idea of approaching for a favor);

King Jamessupplication.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	hiketērias	hiketēriais
object accusative	hiketērian	hiketēriain1×ἱκετηρίας
direct address vocative	hiketēriar	hiketēriair
of, belonging to genitive	hiketēriau	hiketēriaiu
to, for dative	hiketēria	hiketēriai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hiketēristem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hiketēria is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

hiketēriain“supplications”objectaccusative plural1×

Hebrews 5:7“supplications”hos en tai hēmerai tau sarxau autou deēsiain tē kai hiketēriain pros ton dunerōton sōzarō auton ek thanatou meta kraugau ischurau kai dakrueiu prosferaratos kai eisakouiratos apo tau eulabeiau,During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.