τολμάω
tolmáō · G5111 · Greek · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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to dare
To be so bold as to challenge or defy possible danger or opposition
ExamplesMatthew 22:46 No one was able to offer Him a word in answer, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him any more questions.
Mark 12:34 When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And then, no one dared any longer to question Him.
Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself also waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
How it’s used In 5 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
16 occurrences in 13 groups
- τὶςsomeone 3
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
10 occurrences in 9 groups
- ἐπερωτάωto ask 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἐνin+ ὅςwho, which, that 1
- ἐπίon+ λογίζομαιto count, to reckon, to consider 1
- πρόςto, toward, with+ ΠιλᾶτοςPilate 1
- ὑπέρfor+ ἀγαθόςgood 1
- ἀπόfrom+ ἡμέραday 1
With adverbsAdverbs
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- οὐnot 2
- οὐκέτιno longer 2
- καίand 1
- περισσοτέρωςvery great 1
- τάχαperhaps 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- λέγωto say 1
- λογίζομαιto count, to reckon, to consider 1
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 dare25.161
- Matthew 22:46 — “No one was able to offer Him a word in answer, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him any more questions.”
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon τολμῶ; imperfect 3 person singular ἐτόλμα, plural ἐτόλμων; future τολμήσω; 1 aorist…
a. not to dread or shun through fear: followed by an infinitive, Mt 22:46; Mk 12:34; Lk 20:40; Jn 21:12 (Winer's Grammar, § 65, 7b.); Acts 5:13; Acts 7:32; Rom 15:18; 2 Cor 10:12; Phm 1:14; Jude 1:9; τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν, took courage and went in, Mk 15:43 (Herodian, 8, 5, 22; Plutarch, vit. Cam. 22, 6).
b. to bear, endure; to bring oneself to; (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above): followed by an infinitive, Rom 5:7; 1 Cor 6:1.
c. absolutely, to be bold; bear oneself boldly, deal boldly: 2 Cor 11:21; ἐπί τινα, against one, 2 Cor 10:2. (Compare: ἀποτολμάω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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