Be confident
θαρρέωStrong’s G2292tharreō
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tharreō is the Greek word usually translated “being confident”, “we are confident” and “am confident”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:”
Meaning
Usually translated “being confident”, “we are confident” and “am confident”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- being confident 1
- we are confident 1
- i am confident 1
- i am bold 1
- to be bold 1
- are confident 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 5
- Hebrews 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
θαρρέω tharreō · be confident
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bold” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BOLD, adjective
- Daring; courageous; brave; intrepid; fearless; applied to men or other animals; as, bold as a lion.
- Requiring courage in the execution; executed with spirit or boldness; planned with courage and spirit; as a bold enterprise.
- Confident; not timorous.“We were bold in our God to speak to you” 1 Thessalonians 2:2
- In an ill sense, rude, forward, impudent.
All definitions and other forms of “bold”
- Licentious; showing great liberty of fiction or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold
- Standing out to view; striking to the eye; as bold figures in painting, sculpture and architecture.
- Steep; abrupt; prominent; as a bold shore, which enters the water almost perpendicularly, so that ships can approach near to land without danger.
BOLD, verb transitive
To make daring. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.