ΤΟΛΜΗΣ, τολμης
TOLMĒS, tolmēs
Sounds Like: TOL-mees
Translations: of boldness, of daring, of courage, of audacity, of presumption
From the root: ΤΟΛΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of boldness, daring, or courage. It can also imply audacity or presumption, depending on the context. It is used to describe the characteristic of someone who acts with confidence, whether admirable or reckless. As a genitive case, it often indicates possession or origin, such as 'of boldness' or 'from daring'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5112 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 6:154
- Book 6 — 13:313
- Book 7 — 9:198, 10:236
- Book 15 — 5:142
- Book 17 — 5:123
- Book 19 — 1:140
Josephus' The Jewish War
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
- ΤΟΛΜΑΙΣ — boldness, daring, audacity, presumption, rashness, a boldness, a daring, an audacity, a presumption, a rashness
- ΤΟΛΜΑΙΣΤΩΝ — of boldness, of daring, of audacity, of bold acts, of daring deeds
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