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Strong's #3955 - παῤῥησιάζομαι

Transliteration

parrhēsiázomai

Phonetics

par-hray-see-ad'-zom-ahee

Origin

middle voice from (G3954)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

5:871,794

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to use freedom in speaking, be free spoken
1. to speak freely
to grow confident, have boldness, show assurance, assume a bold bearing

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3313 ‑ יָפַע (yaw‑fah'); 6026 ‑ עָנַג (aw‑nag');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Acts 6

Ephesians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

BSB (9)

Acts 7

Ephesians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

CSB (9)

Acts 7

Ephesians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

ESV (9)

Acts 7

Ephesians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

KJV (9)

Acts 7

Ephesians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (22)

Acts 18

Ephesians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

N95 (17)

Acts 13

Ephesians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

NAS (22)

Acts 13

Ephesians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

NLT (8)

Acts 10

Ephesians 2

WEB (9)

Acts 7

Ephesians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

YLT (8)

Acts 6

Ephesians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

ASV (8)

and spake boldly 1

freely 1

he had preached boldly 1

may speak boldly 1

preaching boldly 1

spake out boldly 1

to speak boldly 1

we waxed bold 1

BSB (9)

and speaking boldly 1

and spoke boldly there 1

answered them boldly 1

freely 1

i may proclaim it fearlessly 1

saul had spoken boldly 1

speaking boldly 1

to speak boldly 1

we were bold 1

CSB (9)

bold 1

boldly 7

emboldened 1

ESV (9)

boldly 8

boldness 1

KJV (9)

bold 2

boldly 6

freely 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (22)

boldly 7

boldness 1

confidence 1

had 1

out 5

speak 2

speaking 3

spoke 1

spoken 1

N95 (17)

boldly 7

boldness 1

confidence 1

had 1

speak 2

speaking 3

spoke 1

spoken 1

NAS (22)

boldly 7

boldness 1

confidence 1

had 1

out 4

speak 1

speaking 4

spoke 1

spoken 1

the 1

NLT (8)

boldly 8

WEB (9)

and spoke boldly 1

freely 1

he had preached boldly 1

may speak boldly 1

preaching boldly 1

speaking boldly 1

spoke out boldly 1

to speak boldly 1

we grew bold 1

YLT (8)

boldly 1

he was speaking boldly 2

i may speak freely 1

speaking boldly 2

to speak boldly 1

we were bold 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-ADI-1P 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADS-1S 1

V-INI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-PNP-NSM 2

ANT

V-ADI-1P 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADS-1S 1

V-INI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-PNP-NSM 2

BEZ

V-AMI-1P 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-AMP-NPM 1

V-AMS-1S 1

V-IPI-3S 1

V-PPN- 1

V-PPP-NPM 1

V-PPP-NSM 2

BGB

V-ADI-1P 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADS-1S 1

V-PNN 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-PNP-NSM 2

BMT

V-ADI-1P 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADS-1S 1

V-PNN 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-PNP-NSM 2

BYZ

V-ADI-1P 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADS-1S 1

V-INI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-PNP-NSM 2

ELZ

V-AMI-1P 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-AMPNPM 1

V-AMS-1S 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PMN 1

V-PMPNPM 1

V-PMPNSM 2

NA26

V-1AMIP 1

V-1AMSS 1

V-3AMIS 1

V-3IMIS 1

V-AMPNPM 1

V-PMN 1

V-PMPNPM 1

V-PMPNSM 2

SBL

V-ADI-1P 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADS-1S 1

V-INI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-PNP-NSM 2

SCV

V-ADI-1P 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADS-1S 1

V-INI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-PNP-NSM 2

STV

V-ADI-1P 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADS-1S 1

V-INI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-PNP-NSM 2

TIS

V-ADI-1P 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADS-1S 1

V-INI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-PNP-NSM 2

V-ADI-1P 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADS-1S 1

V-INI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-PNP-NSM 2

TRG

V-AMI-1P 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-AMPNPM 1

V-AMS-1S 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PMN 1

V-PMPNPM 1

V-PMPNSM 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

παρρησι-άζομαι,

fut. -άσομαι Pl. Chrm. 156a, etc. (but παρρησιασθήσομαι LXX Job 22:26): aor. ἐπαρρησιασάμην Isoc. 11.1, dub. in Aeschin. 1.80: pf. (v.infr.): used only in Prose: —

speak freely, openly, Pl. Grg. 487d; τι ib. 491e, cf. Aeschin. l.c.; πρὸς ὑμᾶς Pl. La. 178a, etc.; τινὶ περί τινος Id. Chrm. 156a, D. 18.177; πολλὰ κατά τινος Plb. 12.13.8: pf. πεπαρρησίασμαι in act. sense, ἂ γιγνώσκω πάνθ' ἁπλῶς.. πεπ. D. 4.51, cf. Plb. l.c.; but τὰ πεπαρρησιασμένα in pass. sense, free expressions, Isoc. 15.10; -ασμέναι φωναί Phld. Lib. p.4 O.: — once in Act., ib. p.58 O.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

παρρησιάζομαι; imperfect ἐπαρρησιαζομην; 1 aorist ἐπαρρησιασαμην; (παρρησία, which see); a deponent verb; Vulg. chieflyfiducialiter ago; to bear oneself boldly or confidently;

1. to use freedom in speaking, be free-spoken; to speak freely ((A. V. boldly)): Acts 18:26; Acts 19:8; ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, relying on the name of Jesus, Acts 9:27, 28(29); also ἐπί τῷ κυρίῳ, Acts 14:3.

2. to grow confident, have boldness, show assurance, assume a bold bearing: εἶπεν, Acts 13:46 (R. V. spake out boldly); λαλεῖν, Acts 26:26; παρρησιάζεσθαι ἐν τίνι, in reliance on one to take courage, followed by an infinitive of the thing to be done: λαλῆσαι, Ephesians 6:20; 1 Thessalonians 2:2. (Xenophon, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Polybius, Philo, Plutarch, others; the Sept.; Sir. 6:11.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

παρρησιάζομαι

(<παρρησία ),

[in LXX: Job 22:26 (H6026 hithp.), Psalms 12:5; Psalms 94:1, Proverbs 20:9, , Sirach 6:11*;]

to speak freely or boldly, be bold in speech: Acts 9:27-28; Acts 13:46; Acts 14:3; Acts 18:26; Acts 19:8; Acts 26:26, Ephesians 6:20, 1 Thessalonians 2:2.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

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