ΙΚΕΤΑΣ, ικετας
IKETAS, iketas
Sounds Like: ee-KEH-tahs
Translations: suppliant, a suppliant, petitioner, a petitioner
From the root: ΙΚΕΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a person who makes a humble and earnest request or plea, often seeking help, protection, or mercy. It describes someone who approaches another with a sense of humility and dependence, typically in a position of need.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative
Strong’s number: G2426 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΚΕΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΙΚΕΤ — suppliant, a suppliant, petitioner, a petitioner
- ΙΚΕΤΑΙ — suppliants, petitioners, beggars
- ΙΚΕΤΑΙΣ — (to) suppliants, (to) petitioners
- ΙΚΕΤΗΝ — suppliant, a suppliant, petitioner, an petitioner, humble person, an humble person
- ΙΚΕΤΗΣ — suppliant, a suppliant, petitioner, a petitioner, intercessor, an intercessor
- ΙΚΕΤΩΝ — (of) suppliants, (of) petitioners, (of) humble ones
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