ΤΟΛΜΑΙΣ, τολμαις
TOLMAIS, tolmais
Sounds Like: TOL-ma
Translations: boldness, daring, audacity, presumption, rashness, a boldness, a daring, an audacity, a presumption, a rashness
From the root: ΤΟΛΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to boldness, daring, or audacity. It can also imply a sense of presumption or rashness, depending on the context. It is typically used to describe a quality or act of courage, often with an underlying sense of risk or impudence. In the provided examples, it is used in the dative plural, indicating 'with boldness' or 'by means of boldness'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5112 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 8:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΟΛΜΑ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΤΟΛΜΑ — to dare greatly, to be very bold, to venture, to be audacious
- ΑΙΤΟΛΜΑΙ — the daring acts, the boldnesses, the audacities
- ΤΟΛΜΑ — boldness, daring, courage, a daring deed
- ΤΟΛΜΑΙ — daring, boldness, audacity, a daring deed, an audacious act
- ΤΟΛΜΑΙΣΤΩΝ — of boldness, of daring, of audacity, of bold acts, of daring deeds
- ΤΟΛΜΗΣ — of boldness, of daring, of courage, of audacity, of presumption
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