ἱκετήριος, -α, -ον

(ἱκέτης, a suppliant), [in LXX: Job.40:22, 2Ma.9:18 * ;]

of a suppliant; as subst. ἡ ἱ. (Sc. ῥάβδος),

__1. in cl. an olive-branch, carried by a suppliant.

__2. In late Gk. = ἱκεσία, supplication: pl. δεήσεις κ. ἱ. Heb.5:7

SYN.: see: δέησις (AS)