παῤῥησία

παρρησίας, ἡ (πᾶν and ῤῆσις; cf. ἀρρησια silence, καταρρησις accusation, πρόρρησις prediction);
1. freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech (Euripides, Plato, Demosthenes, others): ἡ παρρησία τίνος, Acts 4:13; χρῆσθαι παρρησία, 2 Cor 3:12; παρρησία adverbially — freely: λαλεῖν, Jn 7:13, Jn 7:26; Jn 18:20; — openly, frankly, i. e. without concealment: Mk 8:32; Jn 11:14; — without ambiguity or circumlocution: εἶπε ἡμῖν παρρησία (Philemon 1, Meineke edition, p. 405), Jn 10:24; — without the use of figures and comparisons, opposed to ἐν παροιμίαις: Jn 16:25, and R G in 29 (where L T Tr WH ἐν παρρησία); ἐν παρρησία, freely, Eph 6:19; μετά παρρησίας, Acts 28:31; εἶπεν, Acts 2:29; λαλεῖν, Acts 4:29, Acts 4:31.
2. free and fearless confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, assurance, (1 Macc. 4:18; Wis. 5:1; Josephus, Antiquities 9, 10, 4; 15, 2, 7; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 23)): Phm 1:20 (opposed to αἰσχύνεσθαι, cf. Wiesinger at the passage); ἐν πίστει, resting on, 1 Tim 3:13, cf. Huther at the passage; ἔχειν παρρησίαν εἰς τί, Heb 10:19; πολλή μοι (ἐστι) παρρησία πρός ὑμᾶς, 2 Cor 7:4; of the confidence impelling one to do something, ἔχειν παρρησία with an infinitive of the thing to be done, Phm 1:8 (Test xii. Patr., test. Rub. 4); of the undoubting confidence of Christians relative to their fellowship with God, Eph 3:12; Heb 3:6; Heb 10:35; μετά παρρησίας, Heb 4:16; ἔχειν παρρησίαν, opposed to αἰσχύνεσθαι to be covered with shame, 1 Jn 2:28; before the judge, 1 Jn 4:17; with πρός τόν Θεόν added, 1 Jn 3:21; 1 Jn 5:14.
3. the deportment by which one becomes conspicuous or secures publicity (Philo de victim. offer. § 12): ἐν παρρησία, before the public, in view of all, Jn 7:4 (opposed to ἐν τῷ κρύπτω); Jn 11:54 (without ἐν); Col 2:15 (where cf. Lightfoot).