be bold

Greek Verb

τολμάω, -ῶ [in LXX: Job.15:12 (לָקַח), Est.1:18 7:5 (לֵב מָלֵא) Jdth.14:13, 2Ma.4:2, 3Ma.3:21 R, 4Ma.8:18 *;] to have courage, to venture, dare, be bold: absol, 2Co.11:21; before ἐπί, 2Co.10:2; with inf. (Bl, § 69, 4), Mat.22:46, Mrk.12:34, Luk.20:40, Jhn.21:12, Act.5:13 7:32, Rom.15:18, 1Co.6:1, 2Co.10:12, Php.1:14, Ju 9; to submit to (in cl. usually absol. in this sense), Rom.5:7 (see Field, Notes, 155); τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν, took courage and went in (see Field, op. cit., 44), Mrk.15:43 (cf. ἀπο-τολμάω). (AS)

be bold

Greek Verb

τολμ-άω, Ionic dialect τολμέω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular τολμῇς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future τολμήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect -ᾱσῶ[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect τετόλμηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+], Doric dialect -ᾱκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—undertake, take heart either to do or bear anything terrible or difficult: 1) mostly absolutely, dare, endure, submit (see. Τλάω), ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θυμὸς ἐτόλμα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σὺ δ᾽ (i.e. κραδίη) ἐτόλμας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τολμῶντες ἄνδρες[Refs 6th c.BC+]participle, τολμήσας. παρέστη he took courage and, [NT+1st c.AD+] 2) with accusative of things, endure, undergo, τ. χρὴ τὰ διδοῦσι θεοί [Refs 6th c.BC+] II) with infinitive, to have the courage, hardihood, effrontery, cruelty, or the grace, patience, to do a thing in spite of any natural feeling, dare, or bring oneself, to do, εἰ. τολμήσεις Διὸς ἄντα. ἔγχος ἀεῖραι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. κατακεῖσθαι submit to keep one's bed, [NT+5th c.BC+] II.2) sometimes with participle, ἐτόλμα. βαλλόμενος he submitted to be struck, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.3) with accusative, πόλεμον τολμήσαντα undertaking, venturing on it, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. πάντα, δεινά, ἔργον αἴσχιστον, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {τόλμημα}:—hence in passive, ο ἐτολμήθη πατήρ such things as my father had dared (or done) against him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο τετολμήσθω εἰπεῖν let us take courage to say this, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) so in active, τετολμηκυῖαι [λέξεις] daring expressions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

probably itself from the base of g5056 (τέλος) through the idea of extreme conduct); to venture (objectively or in act; while g2292 (θαῤῥέω) is rather subjective or in feeling); by implication, to be courageous; be bold, boldly, dare, durst; from (boldness