G3954 – parrhesia – παρρησία – a boldness, confidence
- Strong’s ID:
- G3954
- Greek Word:
- παρρησία
- Transliteration:
- parrēsia / parrhesia
- Pronunciation:
- par-rhay-see’-ah
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Etymology:
- from G3956 and a derivative of G4483
- Usage Count:
- 31
- Search:
- Find “parrhesia” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
a boldness, confidence
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G3956 and a derivative of G4483; all out-spokenness, i.e. frankness, bluntness, publicity; by implication, assurance:—bold (× -ly, -ness, -ness of speech), confidence, × freely, × openly, × plainly(-ness).
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech
1a) openly, frankly, i.e without concealment
1b) without ambiguity or circumlocution
1c) without the use of figures and comparisons
2) free and fearless confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, assurance
3) the deportment by which one becomes conspicuous or secures publicity
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.