Lexical Definition

‎ἱκετηρία‎ hiketēría (hik-et-ay-ree'-ah) supplication ^G:N-F
from a derivative of the base of ‎ἱκανός‎ (through the idea of approaching for a favor)

supplication.

• intreaty

Abbott-Smith

ἱκετήριος, -α, -ον (< ἱκέτης, a suppliant), [in LXX: Jb 40:22(27*), II Mac 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., He 5:7.
SYN.: v.s. δέησις.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἱκετηρία-ήριος,

poetry ἱκτήριος, α, ον, as adjective in the latter form only, of or fit for suppliants, ἱ. θησαυρός, of hair offered to a god, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φωτῶν ἱκτήρια, ={φῶτας ἱκτηρίους}, [Refs]

__II ἱκετηρίαηρία, poetry ἱκτηρία, Ionic dialect ἱκετηρίαηρίη (i.e. ῥάβδος), ἡ, olive-branch which the suppliant held in his hand as a symbol of his condition, λευκοστεφεῖς ἱκτηρίας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἱκετηρίαηρίην λαβεῖν, φέρειν, [ἱκετηρίαηρίαν ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 383; καταθεῖναι ἐν τῷ Ἐλευσινίῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.110, compare “UPZ” 1.9 (4th c.BC)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of petitions laid before the Athenian people, ἱ. θεῖναι And.[same place], [Refs 4th c.BC+], which is a later use,[Refs]; ὑπὲρ θυγατρὸς ἱ. τιθεμένη [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἱ. ἔθηκεν παρ᾽ ὑμῖν,= ἱκέτευσεν ὑμᾶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; later ἱ. πέμπειν, προβάλλεσθαι, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἱκετηρίαηρίας προσενέγκας, ἱκετηρίαηρίαν προσάγειν, [ἱκετηρίαηρίαν δὲ γόνασιν ἐξάπτω σέθεν τὸ σῶμα τοὐμόν">NT+4th c.AD+], where the suppliant represents herself as the olive-branch, [ἱκετηρίαηρίαν προκεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.83. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 ={ἱκεσία}, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]ad Ath.275c, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Heb.5.7}