Word

θαρσέω

tharséō · G2293 · Greek · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to be courageous, to have courage, to be bold

To have confidence and firmness of purpose in the face of danger or testing

Examples
Matthew 9:2 And they brought to Him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man who was paralyzed, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
Matthew 9:22 But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, “Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.” And at once the woman was made well.
Matthew 14:27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

7 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 4
Not stated: you (more than one) 3

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

εἰμίto be 1

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 2 groups

ἔπωto say 3
λέγωto say 3

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To be courageous, to have courage, to be bold25.156: In John 16:33, Jesus tells His disciples, “In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world,” using this verb for having boldness in the face of difficulty.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

θάρσος thársos · G2294 · to become confident, to take courage · 1×θαρσέωtharséō · G2293θαῤῥέω tharrhéō · G2292 · to be courageous, to have courage, to be bold · 6×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon θάρσω; (see θαρρέω); to be of good courage, be of good cheer; in the N. T. only in the…

θάρσω; (see θαρρέω); to be of good courage, be of good cheer; in the N. T. only in the imperative: θάρσει, Lk 8:48 R G; Mt 9:2, Mt 9:22; Mk 10:49; Acts 23:11 (the Sept. for תִּירָא אַל, Gen 35:17, etc.); θαρσεῖτε, Mt 14:27; Mk 6:50; Jn 16:33 (the Sept. for אַל־תּירְאוּ, Ex 14:13; Joel 2:22, etc.). (Synonym: see τολμάω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Courage, Boldness5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0