ΠΑΡΡΗΣΙΑ, παρρησια
PARHRĒSIA, parhrēsia
Sounds Like: par-ray-SEE-ah
Translations: boldness, a boldness, confidence, a confidence, frankness, a frankness, plainness of speech, a plainness of speech, openness, an openness, courage, a courage
From the root: ΠΑΡΡΗΣΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of speaking or acting with boldness, frankness, and confidence, especially in public or before authorities. It implies a lack of fear or hesitation in expressing one's thoughts or beliefs. It can be used to describe someone who speaks openly and without reservation, even when facing opposition or danger.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3954 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:125
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 5:1
- Mark — 8:32
- John — 7:4, 7:13, 7:26, 10:24, 11:54, 16:25, 16:29, 18:20
- 2 Corinthians — 3:12, 7:4
- Ephesians — 6:19
- Philippians — 1:20
- Colossians — 2:15
- 1 John — 5:14
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 11:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 5:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 8:32
- John — 7:4, 7:13, 7:26, 10:24, 11:14, 11:54, 16:25, 16:29, 18:20
- 2 Corinthians — 3:12, 7:4
- Ephesians — 6:19
- Philippians — 1:20
- Colossians — 2:15
- 1 John — 5:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΡΗΣΙΑ.
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.
- ἈΠΑΡΡΗΣΙΑΣΤΟΝ — without boldness, without freedom of speech, unexpressed, unspoken
- ΠΑΡΡΗΣΙΑΝ — boldness, confidence, frankness, freedom of speech, a boldness, a confidence
- ΠΑΡΡΗΣΙΑΣ — of boldness, of confidence, of frankness, of freedom of speech, of plainness, of openness
- ΠΑΡΡΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more boldly, more frankly, more openly, more plainly
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