Strong G3955παρρησιάζομαι

to preach boldly

Transliteration
parrhēsiazomai
Pronunciation
par-hray-see-ad'-zom-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Middle voice from G3954; to be frank in utterance or confident in spirit and demeanor: - be (wax) bold (preach speak) boldly.

Detailed definition

παρρησιάζομαι
(παρρησία), [in LXX: Job.22:26 (עָנַג hithp.), Psa.12:5 94:1, Pro.20:9, Sng.8:10, Sir.6:11 *;]
to speak freely or boldly, be bold in speech: Act.9:27-28 13:46 14:3 18:26 19:8 26:26, Eph.6:20, 1Th.2:2.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3955 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • speak3
  • spake2
  • be1
  • freely1
  • preach1
  • wax1

First verses

  1. Acts 9:27
    But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
  2. Acts 9:29
    And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
  3. Acts 13:46
    Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
  4. Acts 14:3
    Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
  5. Acts 18:26
    And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
  6. Acts 19:8
    And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
  7. Acts 26:26
    For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
  8. Ephesians 6:20
    For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  9. 1 Thessalonians 2:2
    But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παρρησι-άζομαι,
future -άσομαι[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 156a, etc. (but παρρησιασθήσομαι LXX.Job.22.26))]: aorist ἐπαρρησιασάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.1, uncertain in 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.80)]: perfect (see.below): used only in Prose:—speak freely, openly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 487d)]; τι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 491e, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator [prev. cited]; πρὸς ὑμᾶς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 178a, etc.; τινὶ περί τινος [prev. author] “Chrm.” 156a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.177; πολλὰ κατά τινος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.8:)]perfect πεπαρρησίασμαι in active sense, ἂ γιγνώσκω πάνθ᾽ ἁπλῶς.. πεπ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.51, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus)] [prev. cited]; but τὰ πεπαρρησιασμένα in passive sense, free expressions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.10; -ασμέναι φωναί 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.4 O.:)] —once in active [Refs (, [prev. work] p.58 O.)]