Quick Definition
τολμάω v. I dare, endure, am bold
Strong's Definition
from tolma (boldness; probably itself from the base of 5056 through the idea of extreme conduct); to venture (objectively or in act; while 2292 is rather subjective or in feeling); by implication, to be courageous
KJV Usage: be bold, boldly, dare, durst
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀποτολμάω · τολμηρότερον · τολμητής
25.161 · Attitudes and Emotions · Courage, Boldness
to dare to be so bold as to challenge or defy possible danger or opposition
MAT 22:46 · MRK 12:34 · MRK 15:43 · LUK 20:40 · JHN 21:12 · ACT 5:13 · ACT 7:32 · ROM 5:7 · ROM 15:18 · 1CO 6:1 · 2CO 10:2 · 2CO 10:12 · 2CO 11:21 · 2CO 11:21 · PHP 1:14 · JUD 1:9
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τολμάω, -@; impf. 3 pers. sing. ἐτόλμα, plur. ἐτόλμων; fut. τολμήσω; 1 aor. ἐτόλμησα; (τόλμα or τόλμῃ [‘daring’; Curtius § 236]); fr. Hom. down; to dare; a. not to dread or shun through fear: foll. by an inf., Mt xxii. 46; Mk. xii. 34; Lk. xx. 40; Jn. xxi. 12 [W. $65, 7b.]; Acts v. 13; vii. 32; Ro. xv. 18; 2Co.x.12; Phil. i.14; Jude 9; τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν, took courage and went in, Mk. xv. 43 [Hdian. 8, 5, 22; Plut. vit. Cam. 22, 6]. Ὁ. to bear, endure; to bring one’s self to; [cf W. u.s.]: foll. by an inf., Ro. v. 7; 1 Co. vi. 1. ο. 8.050]. to be bold; bear one’s self boldly, deal boldly: 2Co. xi. 21; ἐπί twa, against one, 2 Co. x. 2. [CompP.: dro ToApdw. |
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τολμάω tolmaō 16x
to assume resolution to do a thing, Mk. 15:43; Rom. 5:7; Phil. 1:14; to make up the mind, 2 Cor. 10:12; to dare, Acts 5:13; 7:32; to presume, Mt. 22:46; Mk. 12:34; Lk. 20:40; Jn. 21:12; Rom. 15:18; Jude 9; to have the face, 1 Cor. 6:1; absol. to assume a bold bearing, courageous, 2 Cor. 10:2; 11:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τολμάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Jb 15:12 (לָקַח), Es 1:18 7:5 (לֵב מָלֵא) Jth 14:13, II Mac 4:2, III Mac 3:21 R, IV Mac 8:18 * ;]
to have courage, to venture, dare, be bold: absol, II Co 11:21; seq. ἐπί, II Co 10:2; c. inf. (Bl., § 69, 4), Mt 22:46, Mk 12:34, Lk 20:40, Jo 21:12, Ac 5:13 7:32, Ro 15:18, I Co 6:1, II Co 10:12, Phl 1:14, Ju 9; to submit to (in cl. usually absol. in this sense), Ro 5:7 (v. Field, Notes, 155); τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν, took courage and went in (v. Field, op. cit., 44), Mk 15:43 (cf. ἀπο-τολμάω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τολμάω, “have courage,” “‘am bold”: P Par 2215 (Β.σ. 165) (= UPZ i. p. 193) μέχρι Tod νῦν οὐ τετόλμηκεν αὐτὸν ἡ Νέφορις θάψαι, BGU IV. 1209! (B.c. 23) ἵνα πρὸς μὲν κατάπληξιν τῶν τολμησάντων ἔχωμεν α[ὐτο]ὺς ἑτοίμους πρὸς ἐντυχίαν, P Ryl ΤΙ. 14.450 (A.D. 38) ἐτόλμησεν πθόνους (2. φθόνου) μοι ἐπαγαγεῖν αἰτίας τοῦ μὴ ὄντος, “ moreover he had the audacity to bring baseless accusations of malice against me” (Edd.), P Oxy VIII. 112015 (early iii/A.p.) εἰσεπήδησεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν μου καὶ ἐτόλμησεν ἀποσπάσαι δούλην μου, ‘rushed into my house and dared to carry off my slave” (Ed.), 76. IX. 12042 (A.p. 299) tts ᾽Οξυρυγχείτης . . . ὁρμώμενος τετόλμηκεν αὐτὸν ὀνομάζειν εἰς δεκαπρωτείαν, “4η Oxyrhynchite made a design upon him and ventured to nominate him for the decemprimate”’ (Ed.), and BGU III. 90918 (A.D. 359) ἐπὶ τοίνυν οὐχ ὀλίγ[α] ἐστὶν τὰ τολμηθέντα ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν kar’ ἐμοῦ. On τολμάω in the sense of ‘‘take courage,” as in Mk 1548, see the exx. in Field Woées, p. 155, and for the meaning ““submit to,” as in Rom 57, see 26. p. 44. For the form toppaw cf. BGU III. 9487 (iv/v A.pD.) οὐκ ἐτόρμηκας ἐμοὶ γράψεν (= -εἰν), also % 11 (see Mayser Gv. i. p- 188). For the subst. τόλμη see P Oxy VIII. 11198 (a.p. 254) ὑφηγησάμενοι τὴν τόλμαν καὶ τὴν παρανομίαν, “" recounting the audacity and the illegality ”’ of a certain official, and for τόλμημα see 74. 11067 (vi/A.D.) ἀποσχέσθαι τοῦ τοιούτου τολμήματος, ‘‘to abstain from any such outrage” (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τολμάω (tolmaō) — be bold. τολμ-άω, Ionic dialect τολμέω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular τολμῇς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future τολμήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect -ᾱσῶ[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect τετόλμηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+], Doric dialect -ᾱκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—undertake, take heart either to do or bear anything terrible or difficult:
1. mostly absolutely, dare, endure, submit (see. Τλάω), ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θυμὸς ἐτόλμα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σὺ δ᾽ (i.e. κραδίη) ἐτόλμας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τολμῶντες ἄνδρες[Refs 6th c.BC+]participle, τολμήσας.. παρέστη he took courage and.., [NT+1st c.AD+]
2. with accusative of things, endure, undergo, τ. χρὴ τὰ διδοῦσι θεοί [Refs 6th c.BC+]
II. with infinitive, to have the courage, hardihood, effrontery, cruelty, or the grace, patience, to do a thing in spite of any natural feeling, dare, or bring oneself, to do, εἰ.. τολμήσεις Διὸς ἄντα.. ἔγχος ἀεῖραι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. κατακεῖσθαι submit to keep one's bed, [NT+5th c.BC+]
II.2. sometimes with participle, ἐτόλμα.. βαλλόμενος he submitted to be struck, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.3. with accusative, πόλεμον τολμήσαντα undertaking, venturing on it, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. πάντα, δεινά, ἔργον αἴσχιστον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {τόλμημα}:—hence in passive, ο ἐτολμήθη πατήρ such things as my father had dared (or done) against him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο τετολμήσθω εἰπεῖν let us take courage to say this, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. so in active, τετολμηκυῖαι [λέξεις] daring expressions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]