Supplication

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1deesisG1162

is always translated "supplication," or the plural, in the RV. See PRAYER, B, No. 3.

2hiketeriaG2428

is the feminine form of the adjective hiketerios, denoting "of a suppliant," and used as a noun, formerly "an olive branch" carried by a suppliant (hiketes), then later, "a supplication," used with No. 1 in Heb 5:7. In the Sept., Job 40:22 (Eng. Vers. Job 41:3).