ΘΑΡΣΥΝΕΙΝ, θαρσυνειν
THARSYNEIN, tharsynein
Sounds Like: thar-SY-neen
Translations: to encourage, to embolden, to cheer up, to be of good courage
From the root: ΘΑΡΣΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to encourage' or 'to embolden'. It is used to describe the act of giving someone courage or confidence, or cheering them up when they are disheartened. It can also mean to be courageous oneself. It is often used in contexts where someone is being urged to overcome fear or doubt.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2292 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:96
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΑΡΣΥΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΘΑΡΣΥΝΑΣ — to encourage, to embolden, to cheer up, to make courageous
- ΘΑΡΣΥΝΟ — to be of good courage, to be bold, to be confident, to take courage, to cheer up
- ΘΑΡΣΥΝΟΝ — they encouraged, they emboldened, they cheered up
- ΘΑΡΣΥΝΩ — to be of good courage, to take courage, to be bold, to cheer up, to encourage
- ΠΑΡΕΘΑΡΣΥΝΕΝ — he encouraged, he exhorted, he emboldened, he cheered up
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