Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
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Bold
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Philemon 1:8
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
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5 occurrences in 3 verses.
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τολμάω
tolmáō · tol-mah'-o
4 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
to venture (objectively or in act; while G2292 is rather subjective or in feeling); by implication, to be courageous
Strong's KJV usage: :--be bold, boldly, dare, durst.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 10:2Strong's last: Philippians 1:14
Open full G5111 profile →θαῤῥέω
tharrhéō · thar-hreh'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to exercise courage
Strong's KJV usage: :--be bold, X boldly, have confidence, be confident.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 10:1Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 10:2
Open full G2292 profile →παῤῥησιάζομαι
parrhēsiázomai · par-hray-see-ad'-zom-ahee
2 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to be frank in utterance, or confident in spirit and demeanor
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (wax) bold, (preach, speak) boldly.
Strong's first: Acts 13:46Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 2:2
Open full G3955 profile →ἀποτολμάω
apotolmáō · ap-ot-ol-mah'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to venture plainly
Strong's KJV usage: :--be very bold.
Strong's first: Romans 10:20Strong's last: Romans 10:20
Open full G662 profile →παῤῥησία
parrhēsía · par-rhay-see'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
all out-spokenness, i.e. frankness, bluntness, publicity; by implication, assurance
Strong's KJV usage: :--bold (X -ly, -ness, -ness of speech), confidence, X freely, X openly, X plainly(-ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Philemon 1:8Strong's last: Philemon 1:8
Open full G3954 profile →בָּטַח
bâṭach · baw-takh'
1 times translated as this KJV form120 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
Strong's KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 28:1Strong's last: Proverbs 28:1
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G2292
Now 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:
G2292
But 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.
G5111
But 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.
G5111
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
G5111
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
English meaning and historical usage.
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bold
BOLD, adjective
1. Daring; courageous; brave; intrepid; fearless; applied to men or other animals; as, bold as a lion.
2. Requiring courage in the execution; executed with spirit or boldness; planned with courage and spirit; as a bold enterprise.
3. Confident; not timorous.
We were bold in our God to speak to you. 1 Thessalonians 2:2.
4. In an ill sense, rude, forward, impudent.
5. Licentious; showing great liberty of fiction or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold
6. Standing out to view; striking to the eye; as bold figures in painting, sculpture and architecture.
7. Steep; abrupt; prominent; as a bold shore, which enters the water almost perpendicularly, so that ships can approach near to land without danger.
Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears.
To make bold to take freedoms; a common, but not a correct phrase. To be bold is better.
BOLD, verb transitive To make daring. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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