Strong G2292θαρρέω
be confident
- Transliteration
- tharrheō
- Pronunciation
- thar-hreh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
θαρρέω, -ῶ
(later form of θαρσέω), [in LXX: Pro.1:21, Bar.4:21, 27, from LXX Bar.6:16, (17), 4Ma.13:11 4Mac 17:4 *;]
to be of good cheer or courage, to be confident: 2Co.5:6 5:8, Heb.13:6; τ. πεποιθήσει, 2Co.10:2; before εἰς, 2Co.10:1; ἐν, 2Co.7:16.†
SYN.: τολμάω. "θ. has reference more to the character, τ. to its manifestation " (Thayer, see word τολμάω) (AS)
(later form of θαρσέω), [in LXX: Pro.1:21, Bar.4:21, 27, from LXX Bar.6:16, (17), 4Ma.13:11 4Mac 17:4 *;]
to be of good cheer or courage, to be confident: 2Co.5:6 5:8, Heb.13:6; τ. πεποιθήσει, 2Co.10:2; before εἰς, 2Co.10:1; ἐν, 2Co.7:16.†
SYN.: τολμάω. "θ. has reference more to the character, τ. to its manifestation " (Thayer, see word τολμάω) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2292 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be3
- boldly1
- confidence1
- confident1
- may1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 5:6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
- 2 Corinthians 5:8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 7:16I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
- 2 Corinthians 10:1Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
- 2 Corinthians 10:2But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
- Hebrews 13:6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θαρσ-έω,
Attic dialect θαρρέω (compare proper name Θαρρίας [Refs (“IG” 12.847), _Aeolic dialect_)]participle θέρσεισα (variant{θαρσ-}) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.3)]: (θάρσος):—to be of good courage, τεθαρσήκασι λαοί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.420, etc.)]; ἄνευ νοῦ, σὺν νῷ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 88b)]; in bad sense, to be over-bold, ὕβρει θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65: μάτην θ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 189d:)] — Constr.:
1 absolutely, Il.[same place], etc.; θάρσει fear not! [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4.184, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 732, etc.; θαρσεῖτε [prev. work] 600, 910)]; θάρσει, θυμέ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 14; θάρρει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 328, +others:—in Epitaphs, θάρσει.. οὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 5200b (from Ptolemais), etc.:)]participle in an adverbial sense, θαρσήσας μάλα εἰπέ with good courage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.85, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 666; κόμπασον θαρσῶν [prev. author] “Ag.” 1671, compare “Pr.” 916, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 491; θαρσέοντες πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζετε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49; πῖθι θαρρῶν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 232; λέγε τοίνυν θαρρῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 243e; θαρρῶν πλείονα ἔθυεν ἢ ὀκνῶν ηὔχετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 11.2)]; τὸ τεθαρρηκός confidence, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 26; τὸ θαρροῦν τῆς ὄψεως [prev. author] “Cat.Mi.” 44)]: in aorist, pluck up courage, καὶ τότε δὴ θάρσησε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.92.)]
2 c.accusative, θάρσει τόνδε γ᾽ ἄεθλον fear not about this contest, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.197)]; later, feelconfidence against, have no fear of, πάντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.50; θ. γέροντος χεῖρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 993, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 649; θάνατον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 88b; τὸ τοιοῦτον σῶμα.. οἱ μὲν ἐχθροὶ θαρροῦσιν.. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 239d; θ. τὸ ἀποκρίνασθαι [prev. author] “Euthd.” 275c; οὔτε Φίλιππος ἐθάρρει τούτους οὔτε οὗτοι Φίλιππον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.7; χωρίον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 1.3: c._accusative_ _cognate_, ἠλίθιον θάρρος θ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 95c)]; αἰσχρὰ θάρρη θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prt.” 360b; ταὐτά τισι θ. καὶ φοβεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.9)]; venture, θ. τὰς μάχας [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 3.2.20)]:—passive, to be risked, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.17.)]
2.b with accusative person, also, to have confidence in, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.42, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 51.11.)]
2.c θ. τινί τι entrust to.., [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Marinus Biographus “Procl.” 9.)]
3 with dative, have confidence in, τεθαρσηκότες τοῖσι ὄρνισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.76; ἑαυτῷ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.69c (assuming variant); τοῖς χρήμασι “PGoodsp.Cair.” 15.19 (4th c.AD).)]
4 with Preps., θ. περί.. to be confident about.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 793, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 574b)]; ὑπὲρ ἑαυτῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 566b; διά τι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.55; ἐπί τινι [prev. author] 6.60; πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 350b)]; πρὸς ἐμαυτόν in myself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1060.)]
5 with infinitive, believe confidently that.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 668; also θ. ὅτι.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81, etc.; θ. τὸ ἐξελέγξειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.3.)]
5.b with infinitive, make bold, venture,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 22, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 19.2.)]
II transitive, inspire with confidence, [λόγοι] οἵ με θαρσοῖεν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.1.9.)]
Attic dialect θαρρέω (compare proper name Θαρρίας [Refs (“IG” 12.847), _Aeolic dialect_)]participle θέρσεισα (variant{θαρσ-}) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.3)]: (θάρσος):—to be of good courage, τεθαρσήκασι λαοί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.420, etc.)]; ἄνευ νοῦ, σὺν νῷ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 88b)]; in bad sense, to be over-bold, ὕβρει θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65: μάτην θ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 189d:)] — Constr.:
1 absolutely, Il.[same place], etc.; θάρσει fear not! [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4.184, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 732, etc.; θαρσεῖτε [prev. work] 600, 910)]; θάρσει, θυμέ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 14; θάρρει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 328, +others:—in Epitaphs, θάρσει.. οὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 5200b (from Ptolemais), etc.:)]participle in an adverbial sense, θαρσήσας μάλα εἰπέ with good courage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.85, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 666; κόμπασον θαρσῶν [prev. author] “Ag.” 1671, compare “Pr.” 916, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 491; θαρσέοντες πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζετε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49; πῖθι θαρρῶν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 232; λέγε τοίνυν θαρρῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 243e; θαρρῶν πλείονα ἔθυεν ἢ ὀκνῶν ηὔχετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 11.2)]; τὸ τεθαρρηκός confidence, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 26; τὸ θαρροῦν τῆς ὄψεως [prev. author] “Cat.Mi.” 44)]: in aorist, pluck up courage, καὶ τότε δὴ θάρσησε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.92.)]
2 c.accusative, θάρσει τόνδε γ᾽ ἄεθλον fear not about this contest, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.197)]; later, feelconfidence against, have no fear of, πάντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.50; θ. γέροντος χεῖρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 993, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 649; θάνατον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 88b; τὸ τοιοῦτον σῶμα.. οἱ μὲν ἐχθροὶ θαρροῦσιν.. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 239d; θ. τὸ ἀποκρίνασθαι [prev. author] “Euthd.” 275c; οὔτε Φίλιππος ἐθάρρει τούτους οὔτε οὗτοι Φίλιππον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.7; χωρίον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 1.3: c._accusative_ _cognate_, ἠλίθιον θάρρος θ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 95c)]; αἰσχρὰ θάρρη θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prt.” 360b; ταὐτά τισι θ. καὶ φοβεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.9)]; venture, θ. τὰς μάχας [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 3.2.20)]:—passive, to be risked, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.17.)]
2.b with accusative person, also, to have confidence in, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.42, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 51.11.)]
2.c θ. τινί τι entrust to.., [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Marinus Biographus “Procl.” 9.)]
3 with dative, have confidence in, τεθαρσηκότες τοῖσι ὄρνισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.76; ἑαυτῷ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.69c (assuming variant); τοῖς χρήμασι “PGoodsp.Cair.” 15.19 (4th c.AD).)]
4 with Preps., θ. περί.. to be confident about.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 793, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 574b)]; ὑπὲρ ἑαυτῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 566b; διά τι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.55; ἐπί τινι [prev. author] 6.60; πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 350b)]; πρὸς ἐμαυτόν in myself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1060.)]
5 with infinitive, believe confidently that.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 668; also θ. ὅτι.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81, etc.; θ. τὸ ἐξελέγξειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.3.)]
5.b with infinitive, make bold, venture,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 22, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 19.2.)]
II transitive, inspire with confidence, [λόγοι] οἵ με θαρσοῖεν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.1.9.)]