Strong G5111τολμάω
be bold
- Transliteration
- tolmaō
- Pronunciation
- tol-mah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G5111 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- durst7
- dare4
- be3
- will2
- bold1
- boldly1
First verses
- Matthew 22:46And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
- Mark 12:34And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
- Mark 15:43Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
- Luke 20:40And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.
- John 21:12Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
- Acts 5:13And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
- Acts 7:32Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
- Romans 5:7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
- Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
- 1 Corinthians 6:1Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
- 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.
- 2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
- 2 Corinthians 11:21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
- Philippians 1:14And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
- Jude 1:9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τολμ-άω,
Ionic dialect τολμέω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.77)]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular τολμῇς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.35)]: future τολμήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 471)], Doric dialect -ᾱσῶ[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.67)]: perfect τετόλμηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 333)], Doric dialect -ᾱκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.117)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Oxy.” 1606.420 (“Bodl. Quarterly Record” 5 (1928).303))]:—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+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.232)]; σὺ δ᾽ (i.e. κραδίη) ἐτόλμας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.20; οὐδέ οἱ ἵπποι τόλμων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.51; ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐτόλμησ᾽ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 237, etc.; αἱ συμφοραὶ τοὺς ἡσυχίους τολμᾶν βιάζονται 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.1; τ. καὶ ἐκλογίζεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40)]; τολμῶντες ἄνδρες[Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 43, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 583; χρὴ τολμᾶν.. ἐν ἄλγεσι κείμενον ἄνδρα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 555; τόλμα κακοῖσιν [prev. author] 355, 1029; τόλμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 82; τόλμησον [prev. work] 481: in)]participle, τολμήσας.. παρέστη he took courage and.., [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 22, cf. NT.Mark.15.43.)]
2 with accusative of things, endure, undergo, τ. χρὴ τὰ διδοῦσι θεοί [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 591, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 333, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 872e.)]
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+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.424, compare 13.395, 17.68, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.332, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 528, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 550, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.2, etc.; τόλμησον ὀρθῶς φρονεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 999, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 81, 377, etc.)]; τ. κατακεῖσθαι submit to keep one's bed, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 10; τ. ἀποθανεῖν NT.Rom.5.7; οὐδὲ ἀπαιτούμενοι τὸν λόγον ἐτόλμησαν ἡμῖν δοῦναι “PCair.Zen.” 330.5 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 sometimes with participle, ἐτόλμα.. βαλλόμενος he submitted to be struck, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.162; τόλμα ἐρῶσα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 476, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 442, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 756.)]
II.3 with accusative, πόλεμον τολμήσαντα undertaking, venturing on it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.519; [ἐσόδους] τετόλμακε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.117)]; τ. πάντα, δεινά, ἔργον αἴσχιστον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 761, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 133 (_anapaest meter_), “Med.” 695, etc.; ὦ πᾶν σὺ τολμήσασα καὶ πέρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 189; also τ. τὰ βέλτιστα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.56, 4.98; πικρὰν πεῖραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 471)]; see at {τόλμημα}:—hence in passive, ο ἐτολμήθη πατήρ such things as my father had dared (or done) against him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 277)]; τοῦτο τετολμήσθω εἰπεῖν let us take courage to say this, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 503b; τὰ τολμηθέντα 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.3.1; αἱ τετολμημέναι ἐπίνοιαι 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.674; τὰ τετ. εἰς ἐμέ “PGoodsp.Cair.” 15.3 (4th c.AD).)]
II.4 so in active, τετολμηκυῖαι [λέξεις] daring expressions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.341 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
Ionic dialect τολμέω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.77)]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular τολμῇς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.35)]: future τολμήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 471)], Doric dialect -ᾱσῶ[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.67)]: perfect τετόλμηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 333)], Doric dialect -ᾱκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.117)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Oxy.” 1606.420 (“Bodl. Quarterly Record” 5 (1928).303))]:—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+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.232)]; σὺ δ᾽ (i.e. κραδίη) ἐτόλμας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.20; οὐδέ οἱ ἵπποι τόλμων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.51; ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐτόλμησ᾽ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 237, etc.; αἱ συμφοραὶ τοὺς ἡσυχίους τολμᾶν βιάζονται 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.1; τ. καὶ ἐκλογίζεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40)]; τολμῶντες ἄνδρες[Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 43, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 583; χρὴ τολμᾶν.. ἐν ἄλγεσι κείμενον ἄνδρα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 555; τόλμα κακοῖσιν [prev. author] 355, 1029; τόλμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 82; τόλμησον [prev. work] 481: in)]participle, τολμήσας.. παρέστη he took courage and.., [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 22, cf. NT.Mark.15.43.)]
2 with accusative of things, endure, undergo, τ. χρὴ τὰ διδοῦσι θεοί [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 591, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 333, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 872e.)]
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+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.424, compare 13.395, 17.68, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.332, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 528, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 550, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.2, etc.; τόλμησον ὀρθῶς φρονεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 999, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 81, 377, etc.)]; τ. κατακεῖσθαι submit to keep one's bed, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 10; τ. ἀποθανεῖν NT.Rom.5.7; οὐδὲ ἀπαιτούμενοι τὸν λόγον ἐτόλμησαν ἡμῖν δοῦναι “PCair.Zen.” 330.5 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 sometimes with participle, ἐτόλμα.. βαλλόμενος he submitted to be struck, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.162; τόλμα ἐρῶσα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 476, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 442, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 756.)]
II.3 with accusative, πόλεμον τολμήσαντα undertaking, venturing on it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.519; [ἐσόδους] τετόλμακε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.117)]; τ. πάντα, δεινά, ἔργον αἴσχιστον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 761, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 133 (_anapaest meter_), “Med.” 695, etc.; ὦ πᾶν σὺ τολμήσασα καὶ πέρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 189; also τ. τὰ βέλτιστα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.56, 4.98; πικρὰν πεῖραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 471)]; see at {τόλμημα}:—hence in passive, ο ἐτολμήθη πατήρ such things as my father had dared (or done) against him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 277)]; τοῦτο τετολμήσθω εἰπεῖν let us take courage to say this, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 503b; τὰ τολμηθέντα 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.3.1; αἱ τετολμημέναι ἐπίνοιαι 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.674; τὰ τετ. εἰς ἐμέ “PGoodsp.Cair.” 15.3 (4th c.AD).)]
II.4 so in active, τετολμηκυῖαι [λέξεις] daring expressions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.341 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]