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Lexicon :: Strong's G3955 - parrēsiazomai

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παρρησιάζομαι
Transliteration
parrēsiazomai (Key)
Pronunciation
par-hray-see-ad'-zom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice from παρρησία (G3954)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:871,794

Strong’s Definitions

παῤῥησιάζομαι parrhēsiázomai, par-hray-see-ad'-zom-ahee; middle voice from G3954; to be frank in utterance, or confident in spirit and demeanor:—be (wax) bold, (preach, speak) boldly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G3955 in the following manner: speak boldly (4x), preach boldly (1x), be bold (1x), wax bold (1x), boldly (1x), freely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G3955 in the following manner: speak boldly (4x), preach boldly (1x), be bold (1x), wax bold (1x), boldly (1x), freely (1x).

  1. to use freedom in speaking, be free spoken

    1. to speak freely

  2. to grow confident, have boldness, show assurance, assume a bold bearing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παῤῥησιάζομαι parrhēsiázomai, par-hray-see-ad'-zom-ahee; middle voice from G3954; to be frank in utterance, or confident in spirit and demeanor:—be (wax) bold, (preach, speak) boldly.
STRONGS G3955:
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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
9:27; 9:28; 13:46; 14:3; 18:26; 19:8; 26:26
Ephesians
6:20
1 Thessalonians
2:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3955 matches the Greek παρρησιάζομαι (parrēsiazomai),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:28 - So he was with them at Jerusalem, coming in and going out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:3 - Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:26 - So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:8 - And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - “For the king, before whom I also speak freely, knows these things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:20 - for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:2 - But even[fn] after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
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