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To preach boldly

παρρησιάζομαιStrong’s G3955

parrēsiazomai

Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament

In short

Parrēsiazomai is the Greek word usually translated “had spoken boldly”, “having spoken boldly” and “speaking boldly”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.

“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.”
Acts 9:27 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “had spoken boldly”, “having spoken boldly” and “speaking boldly”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • he had spoken boldly 1
  • having spoken boldly 1
  • speaking boldly 1
  • to speak boldly 1
  • he was speaking boldly 1
  • using boldness 1
  • i may be bold 1
  • we had boldness 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 6
  • Ephesians 1
  • 1 Thessalonians 1

3 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

παρρησιάζομαι parrēsiazomai · to preach boldly

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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.