ΙΚΕΤΗΡΙΑΙ, ικετηριαι
IKETĒRIAI, iketēriai
Sounds Like: ee-keh-tay-REE-ah-ee
Translations: supplications, entreaties, petitions, a supplication, an entreaty, a petition
From the root: ΙΚΕΤΗΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to earnest requests or humble prayers, often made by a suppliant. It describes the act of pleading or making an urgent appeal to a higher authority or a person in power. It is typically used in a religious or formal context.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2412 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:13
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.
- ΙΚΕΤΗΡΙΑ — supplication, entreaty, petition, 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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