Lexicon tolmaó: to have courage, to be bold Original Word: τολμάωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tolmaó Phonetic Spelling: (tol-mah'-o) Short Definition: I dare, endure, am bold Definition: I dare, endure, am bold, have courage, make up the mind. HELPS word-Studies 5111 tolmáō (from tolma, "bold courage") – properly, to show daring courage necessary for a valid risk ("putting it all on the line"); courageously venture forward by putting fear behind and embracing the fruit that lies ahead for taking a necessary risk. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom tolma (boldness) Definitionto have courage, to be bold NASB Translationam...bold (1), bold (2), courageous (1), dare (4), dared (1), gathered up courage (1), have courage (1), have...courage (1), presume (1), venture (2), ventured (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5111: τολμάωτολμάω, τολμῶ; imperfect 3 person singular ἐτόλμα, plural ἐτόλμων; future τολμήσω; 1 aorist ἐτόλησα; ( τολμᾷ or τόλμῃ (`daring'; Curtius, § 236)); from Homer down; to dare; a. not to dread or shun through fear: followed by an infinitive, Matthew 22:46; Mark 12:34; Luke 20:40; John 21:12 (Winer's Grammar, § 65, 7b.); Acts 5:13; Acts 7:32; Romans 15:18; 2 Corinthians 10:12; Philippians 1:14; Jude 1:9; τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν, took courage and went in, Mark 15:43 (Herodian, 8, 5, 22; Plutarch, vit. Cam. 22, 6). b. to bear, endure; to bring oneself to; (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above): followed by an infinitive, Romans 5:7; 1 Corinthians 6:1. c. absolutely, to be bold; bear oneself boldly, deal boldly: 2 Corinthians 11:21; ἐπί τινα, against one, 2 Corinthians 10:2. (Compare: ἀποτολμάω.) [SYNONYMS: τολμάω, θαρρέω: θαρρέω denotes confidence in one's own strength or capacity, θαρρέω boldness or daring in undertaking; θαρρέω has reference more to the character, τολμάω to its manifestation. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 24, 4; chapter 141. The words are found together in 2 Corinthians 10:2.]
Strong's be bold, dare From tolma (boldness; probably itself from the base of telos through the idea of extreme conduct); to venture (objectively or in act; while tharrheo is rather subjective or in feeling); by implication, to be courageous -- be bold, boldly, dare, durst. see GREEK telos see GREEK tharrheo |
