τολμάω tolmaō

Greek word for “be bold” · Strong’s G5111 · used 16 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

τολμάω, -ῶ; to have courage, to venture, dare, be bold: absol;

How it is translated

Glosses given for tolmaō in context, with how often each is used:

• daring 7
• dare 2
• dared 1
• having boldness 1
• would dare 1
• will i dare 1
• dare we 1
• may be daring — 1
• did dare 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Corinthians 10 (2), Matthew 22 (1), Mark 12 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 20 (1), John 21 (1), Acts 5 (1), Acts 7 (1), Romans 5 (1), Romans 15 (1)

Forms

• ἐτόλμα 4
• τολμᾷ 2
• ἐτόλμησέν 1
• τολμήσας 1
• ἐτόλμων 1
• τολμήσω 1
• Τολμᾷ 1
• τολμῆσαι 1
• τολμῶμεν 1
• τολμῶ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tolmaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 5
• ἐπερωτάω eperōtaō “to question” 3
• λόγος logos “word” 3
• Μωϋσῆς Mōusēs, Mōsēs “Moses” 2
• σῶμα sōma “body” 2
• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 2
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 2
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 2

Key verses

The verses using tolmaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 22:46 — And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
• Mark 15:43 — Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
• Acts 5:13 — And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
• Acts 7:32 — Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
• Romans 5:7 — For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
• Romans 15:18 — For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
• 1 Corinthians 6:1 — Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
• 2 Corinthians 10:2 — 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…
• 2 Corinthians 10:12 — For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and…
• 2 Corinthians 11:21 — I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
• Philippians 1:14 — And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
• Jude 1:9 — Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.