Strong G2293θαρσέω
take heart
- Transliteration
- tharseō
- Pronunciation
- thar-seh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
θαρσέω, -ῶ
(see: θαρρέω), [in LXX chiefly for יָרֵא, with neg.;]
to be of good courage: imperat., θάραει, -εῖτε, Mat.9:2, 22 14:27, Mrk.6:50 10:49, Jhn.16:33, Act.23:11.†
(AS)
(see: θαρρέω), [in LXX chiefly for יָרֵא, with neg.;]
to be of good courage: imperat., θάραει, -εῖτε, Mat.9:2, 22 14:27, Mrk.6:50 10:49, Jhn.16:33, Act.23:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2293 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cheer5
- comfort3
First verses
- Matthew 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
- Matthew 9:22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
- Matthew 14:27But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
- Mark 6:50For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
- Mark 10:49And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
- Luke 8:48And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
- John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
- Acts 23:11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
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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.)]