Strong G2294θάρσος
courage/confidence
- Transliteration
- tharsos
- Pronunciation
- thar'-sos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Akin (by transposition) to θράσος thrasos (daring);
boldness (subjectively): - courage.
boldness (subjectively): - courage.
Detailed definition
1. courage, boldness , (Homer), attic; θ. τινός courage to do a thing, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
2. that which gives courage , θάρση grounds of confidence , (Euripides)
3. in bad sense, audacity , (Iliad by Homer): compare θράσος. (ML)
2. that which gives courage , θάρση grounds of confidence , (Euripides)
3. in bad sense, audacity , (Iliad by Homer): compare θράσος. (ML)
In the Bible
Strong G2294 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- courage1
First verses
- Acts 28:15And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θάρσος,
Attic dialect θάρρος, Aeolic dialect θέρσος (which see), εος, τό, (θρασύς) courage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.126)]; θ. τινός courage to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 91, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 48)]: with genitive, courage against.. , πολεμίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 647b; πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.15)]; θ. ἴσχε take courage! [NT+8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 807; θ. ἔχειν περί τινος [prev. author] “El.” 412; φρεσὶ θ. ἀέξειν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 96; αἴρειν πρός τι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1598; λαβεῖν NT.Act.28.15; but θ. ἔλαβέ τινας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.92; θ. ἐμπνέειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.381; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θεῖναι 3.76)]; τῷ δ᾽ ἐνὶ θυμῷ θῆκε.. θ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (. 1.321; ἐν κραδίῃ βάλλειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.547)]; παρασχεῖν, ἐμποιεῖν τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.68, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.17)]; θ. ἐγγίγνεται, ἐμπίπτει τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.2.15, “HG” 7.1.31; ἐμφύσεται [prev. author] “Cyr.” 5.2.32; οὔτ᾽ ἐλπίδος γὰρ οὔτε του δόξης ὁρῶ θ. παρ᾽ ἡμῖν ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 371: _plural_, φόβοι καὶ θάρρη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107a33, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 360b.)]
2 that which gives courage, ὀλολυγμόν.., θάρσος φίλοις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 270, compare 184: _plural_, θάρση)] grounds of confidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1281 (Lyric poetry).)]
II rarely in bad sense, ={θράσος}, audacity, θάρσος ἄητον ἔχουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.395)]; μυίης θάρσος ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἐνῆκεν the reckless persistence of a fly, [Refs (17.570)].—On the different of θάρσος and θράσος, see at {θράσος}.
Attic dialect θάρρος, Aeolic dialect θέρσος (which see), εος, τό, (θρασύς) courage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.126)]; θ. τινός courage to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 91, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 48)]: with genitive, courage against.. , πολεμίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 647b; πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.15)]; θ. ἴσχε take courage! [NT+8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 807; θ. ἔχειν περί τινος [prev. author] “El.” 412; φρεσὶ θ. ἀέξειν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 96; αἴρειν πρός τι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1598; λαβεῖν NT.Act.28.15; but θ. ἔλαβέ τινας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.92; θ. ἐμπνέειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.381; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θεῖναι 3.76)]; τῷ δ᾽ ἐνὶ θυμῷ θῆκε.. θ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (. 1.321; ἐν κραδίῃ βάλλειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.547)]; παρασχεῖν, ἐμποιεῖν τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.68, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.17)]; θ. ἐγγίγνεται, ἐμπίπτει τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.2.15, “HG” 7.1.31; ἐμφύσεται [prev. author] “Cyr.” 5.2.32; οὔτ᾽ ἐλπίδος γὰρ οὔτε του δόξης ὁρῶ θ. παρ᾽ ἡμῖν ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 371: _plural_, φόβοι καὶ θάρρη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107a33, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 360b.)]
2 that which gives courage, ὀλολυγμόν.., θάρσος φίλοις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 270, compare 184: _plural_, θάρση)] grounds of confidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1281 (Lyric poetry).)]
II rarely in bad sense, ={θράσος}, audacity, θάρσος ἄητον ἔχουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.395)]; μυίης θάρσος ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἐνῆκεν the reckless persistence of a fly, [Refs (17.570)].—On the different of θάρσος and θράσος, see at {θράσος}.