Word Summary
tharreō: to be of good courage
Original Word: θαρρέωTransliteration: tharreō
Phonetic Spelling: (thar-hreh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be of good courage
Meaning: to be of good courage
Strong's Concordance
be bold, have confidence, be confident.
Another form for tharseo; to exercise courage -- be bold, X boldly, have confidence, be confident. Compare tolmao.
see GREEK tharseo
see GREEK tolmao
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2292: θαρρέωθαρρέω (a form current from
Plato on for the Ionic and earlier Attic
θαρσέω),
θαρρῶ; 1 aorist infinitive
θαρρῆσαι; (from
Homer on);
to be of good courage, to be hopeful, confident:
2 Corinthians 5:6, 8;
Hebrews 13:6;
to be bold:
τῇ πεποιθήσει, with the confidence,
2 Corinthians 10:2;
εἰς τινα, toward (against) one,
2 Corinthians 10:1;
ἐν τίνι, the ground of my confidence is in one, I am made of good courage by one,
2 Corinthians 7:16. (Synonym: see
τολμάω.)