A1. Bold, Boldness, Boldly [Verb]
tharreo 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_Cor_5:6,8 (AV, "to be confident"); 2_Cor_7:16 (AV, "to have confidence"); 2_Cor_10:1,2 (AV, "to be bold"); Heb_13:6, AV, "boldly;" RV, "with good courage" (lit., "being courageous"). See COURAGE.
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A2. Bold, Boldness, Boldly [Verb]
parrhesiazomai "to speak boldly, or freely," primarily had reference to speech (see parrhesia), but acquired the meaning of "being bold, or waxing bold," 1_Thess_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; Acts_19:8); in Acts_26:26, "speak freely." See FREELY.
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A3. Bold, Boldness, Boldly [Verb]
tolmao 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_Cor_10:2, as contrasted with tharreo in 2_Cor_10:1, and the first line of 2_Cor_10:2, "shew courage" (see tharreo); in 2_Cor_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.
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A4. Bold, Boldness, Boldly [Verb]
apotolmao apo (intensive), with tolmao, means "to be very bold, to speak out boldly," and is used in Rom_10:20.
B1. Bold, Boldness, Boldly [Noun]
parrhesia from pas, "all," rhesis, "speech" (see parrhesiazomai), denotes
(a) primarily, "freedom of speech, unreservedness of utterance," Acts_4:29,31; 2_Cor_3:12; 2_Cor_7:4; Php_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; Eph_3:12; 1_Tim_3:13; Heb_3:6; Heb_4:16; Heb_10:19,35; 1_John_2:28; 1_John_3:21; 1_John_4:17; 1_John_5:14;
(c) the deportment by which one becomes conspicuous, John_7:4; John_11:54, acts openly, or secures publicity, Col_2:15. See CONFIDENCE, OPENLY, PLAINNESS.
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C1. Bold, Boldness, Boldly [Adverb]
tolmeroteros the comparative degree of tolmeros, means "the more boldly," Rom_15:15; in some texts, tolmeroteron. Cp. tolmao. Cp. tolmetes, "presumptuous," RV, "daring," 2_Pet_2:10.
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