Quick Definition
θάρσος, ους, τό n.n. courage
Strong's Definition
akin (by transposition) to thrasos (daring); boldness (subjectively)
KJV Usage: courage
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ους | θαρσέω
25.157 · Attitudes and Emotions · Courage, Boldness
Collocation: λαμβάνω θάρσος
to become confident, to take courage (an idiom, literally: to take courage) to become confident or courageous in the face of real or possible danger
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θάρσος tharsos 1x
courage, confidence, Acts 28:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θάρσος, -ους, τό, courage: Ac 28:15.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θάρσος (tharsos) — courage/confidence. θάρσος, Attic dialect θάρρος, Aeolic dialect θέρσος (which see), εος, τό, (θρασύς) courage, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θ. τινός courage to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, courage against.. , πολεμίων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. ἴσχε take courage! [NT+8th c.BC+]; τῷ δ᾽ ἐνὶ θυμῷ θῆκε.. θ[Refs 8th c.BC+]; παρασχεῖν, ἐμποιεῖν τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. ἐγγίγνεται, ἐμπίπτει τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. that which gives courage, ὀλολυγμόν.., θάρσος φίλοις [Refs 4th c.BC+] grounds of confidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. rarely in bad sense, ={θράσος}, audacity, θάρσος ἄητον ἔχουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μυίης θάρσος ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἐνῆκεν the reckless persistence of a fly, [Refs].—On the different of θάρσος and θράσος, see at {θράσος}.