Be bold
τολμάωStrong’s G5111tolmaō
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tolmaō is the Greek word usually translated “was daring”, “dared” and “having boldness”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“Yet 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “was daring”, “dared” and “having boldness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- was daring 3
- dared 1
- having boldness 1
- were they daring 1
- he was daring 1
- would dare 1
- will i dare 1
- dare 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 3
- Mark 2
- Acts 2
- Romans 2
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
10 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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 Arimathaea, 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.
Greek dictionary
τολμάω tolmaō · be bold
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dare” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DARE, verb intransitive
preterit tense durst. To have courage to any purpose; to have strength of mind or hardihood to undertake anything; to be bold enough; not to be afraid; to venture; to be adventurous.
- “None of his disciples durst ask him, who art thou” John 21:12
All definitions and other forms of “dare”
DARE, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive dared. To challenge; to provoke; to defy; as, to dare a man to fight.
DARE, noun
A small fish, the same as the dace.
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.