G2428

ἱκετηρία

hiketēria

Feminine noun · From a derivative of the base of ἱκανός (G2425) (through the idea of approaching for a favour)

From a derivative of the base of G2425 (through the idea of approaching for a favor); intreaty:—supplication.

Outline

  1. an olive branch
    1. for suppliants approached the one whose aid they would implore holding an olive branch entwined with white wool and fillets, to signify that they came as suppliants
  2. supplication
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