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<div> A — 1: Θαρρέω <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #2292 — Verb — tharreo — thar-hreh'-o ) </div> <p> a later form of tharseo (see Cheer , COMFORT), is connected with thero, "to be warm" (warmth of temperament being associated with confidence); hence, "to be confident, bold, courageous;" RV, invariably, "to be of good courage;" 2 Corinthians 5:6,8 (AV, "to be confident"); 2 Corinthians 7:16 (AV, "to have confidence"); 2 Corinthians 10:1,2 (AV, "to be bold"); Hebrews 13:6 , AV, "boldly;" RV, "with good courage" (lit., "being courageous"). See Courage. </p> <div> A — 2: Παρρησιάζομαι <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #3955 — Verb — parrhesiazomai — par-hray-see-ad'-zom-ahee ) </div> <p> "to speak boldly, or freely," primarily had reference to speech (see B, below), but acquired the meaning of "being bold, or waxing bold," 1 Thessalonians 2:2; in Acts 13:46 , Rv , "spake out boldly" (the aorist participle here signifies "waxing bold"); Acts 9:27,29 , "preached boldly (see also Acts 18:26; 19:8 ); in Acts 26:26 , "speak freely." See Freely. </p> <div> A — 3: Τολμάω <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #5111 — Verb — tolmao — tol-mah'-o ) </div> <p> signifies "to dare to do, or to bear, something terrible or difficult;" hence, "to be bold, to bear onself boldly, deal boldly;" it is translated "be bold" in 2 Corinthians 10:2 , as contrasted with tharreo in verse 2 Corinthians 10:1 , and the first line of verse 2, "shew courage" (see No. 1, above); in 2 Corinthians 10:12 , RV, "are not bold to," for AV, "dare not make ourselves of." Tharreo denotes confidence in one's own powers, and has reference to character; tolmao denotes boldness in undertaking and has reference to manifestation (Thayer). See [[Courage]] , Dare. </p> <div> A — 4: Ἀποτολμάω <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #662 — Verb — apotolmao — ap-ot-ol-mah'-o ) </div> <p> apo (intensive), with No. 3, means "to be very bold, to speak out boldly," and is used in Romans 10:20 . </p> <div> B — 1: Παρρησία <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #3954 — Noun Feminine — parrhesia — par-rhay-see'-ah ) </div> <p> from pas, "all," rhesis, "speech" (see A, No. 2), denotes (a), primarily, "freedom of speech, unreservedness of utterance," Acts 4:29,31; 2 Corinthians 3:12; 7:4; Philemon 1:8; or "to speak without ambiguity, plainly," John 10:24; or "without figures of speech," John 16:25; (b) "the absence of fear in speaking boldly; hence, confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, without any connection necessarily with speech;" the RV has "boldness" in the following; Acts 4:13; Ephesians 3:12; 1 Timothy 3:13; Hebrews 3:6; 4:16; 10:19,35; 1 John 2:28; 3:21; 4:17; 5:14; (c) the deportment by which one becomes conspicuous, John 7:4; 11:54 , acts openly, or secures publicity, Colossians 2:15 . See [[Confidence]] , Openly , Plainness. </p> <div> C — 1: Τολμηρότερον <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #5112 — Adjective — tolmeroteros — tol-may-rot'-er-on ) </div> <p> the comparative degree of tolmeros, means "the more boldly," Romans 15:15; in some texts, tolmeroteron. Cp. A, No. 3. Cp. tolmetes, "presumptuous," RV, "daring," 2 Peter 2:10 . </p>

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