2001 Translation

IKESIAIS, ikesiais

Sounds Like: ee-keh-SEE-aiss

Translations: (to) supplications, (to) entreaties, (to) petitions

From the root: ΙΚΕΣΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to an earnest and humble request or prayer, often made to a superior or deity. It implies a plea for help, mercy, or a favor, typically made with a sense of urgency or desperation. It is used in contexts where someone is making a fervent appeal.

Inflection: Dative, Plural, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2412 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 10 — 4:60

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 7:163, 9:48
• Book Five — 3:31

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΚΕΣΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΙΚΕΣΙΑ — supplication, entreaty, prayer, a supplication, an entreaty, a prayer
• ΙΚΕΣΙΑΝ — supplication, an entreaty, a petition, entreaty, petition
• ΙΚΕΣΙΑΣ — of supplication, of entreaty, of a petition

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