ΙΚΕΤΗΝ, ικετην
IKETĒN, iketēn
Sounds Like: ee-KEH-teen
Translations: suppliant, a suppliant, petitioner, an petitioner, humble person, an humble person
From the root: ΙΚΕΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a suppliant or petitioner, someone who humbly requests or entreats. It describes a person who approaches another, often a more powerful figure, with a plea or request, typically in a position of humility or need. It is used here in the accusative case, indicating the direct object of an action.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2426 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 4:4
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 13:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 4:4
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
- ΙΚΕΤΗΣ — suppliant, a suppliant, petitioner, a petitioner, intercessor, an intercessor
- ΙΚΕΤΩΝ — (of) suppliants, (of) petitioners, (of) humble ones
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