ΙΚΕΤΩΝ, ικετων
IKETŌN, iketōn
Sounds Like: ee-KEH-tohn
Translations: (of) suppliants, (of) petitioners, (of) humble ones
From the root: ΙΚΕΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the noun 'hiketēs', meaning a suppliant or petitioner. It refers to individuals who humbly appeal for help, mercy, or protection, often in a position of dependence or distress. It is used to describe a group of people making such an appeal.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2426 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 73:23
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 10:74
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΙΚΕΤΑΣ — suppliant, a suppliant, petitioner, a petitioner
- ΙΚΕΤΗΝ — suppliant, a suppliant, petitioner, an petitioner, humble person, an humble person
- ΙΚΕΤΗΣ — suppliant, a suppliant, petitioner, a petitioner, intercessor, an intercessor
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