- Transliteration: Hiketeria

- Phonetic: hik-et-ay-ree'-ah

- Definition:

1. an olive branch

a. 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

- Origin: from a derivative of the base of G2425" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2425 (through the idea of approaching for a favour)

- TDNT entry: 07:56,4

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From a derivative of the base of G2425" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2425 (through the idea of approaching for a favor); intreaty: - supplication.