ΙΚΕΤΗΡΙΑ, ικετηρια
IKETĒRIA, iketēria
Sounds Like: ee-keh-tay-REE-ah
Translations: supplication, entreaty, petition, a supplication, an entreaty, a petition
From the root: ΙΚΕΤΗΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a humble and earnest request or plea, often made to a deity or a person in authority. It implies a sense of urgency and dependence on the one being petitioned. It is typically used in the singular or plural to denote acts of prayer or earnest appeal.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2412 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Job — 40:27
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 40:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΚΕΤΗΡΙΑ.
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.
- ΙΚΕΤΗΡΙΑΙ — supplications, entreaties, petitions, a supplication, an entreaty, a petition
- ΙΚΕΤΗΡΙΑΝ — supplication, entreaty, a supplication, an entreaty
- ΙΚΕΤΗΡΙΑΣ — of supplication, of entreaty, supplications, entreaties, a supplication, an entreaty
- ΙΚΕΤΗΡΙΩΝ — of supplications, of entreaties, of petitions
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