Greek verb · G2293
θαρσέω
tharseothar-seh'-o
take heart
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tharséō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2293is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2293
to have courage
The King James renders it: be of good cheer (comfort).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tharseo is rendered "take heart". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:2Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
Matthew 9:2θάρσει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Take courage7
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| θάρσος | tharsos | courage/confidence | Uses1 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- θάρσει4
- θαρσεῖτε3
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular4V-PAM-2S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural3V-PAM-2P
Matthew
three uses
Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
- θάρσειtharseiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: Take courage
Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
- θάρσειtharseiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: Take courage
But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
- θαρσεῖτεtharseiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: Take courage
Mark
two uses
for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
- θαρσεῖτεtharseiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: Take courage
Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Take courage!” they said. “Get up! He is calling for you.”
- θάρσειtharseiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: take courage
John
one use
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- θαρσεῖτεtharseiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: take courage
Acts
one use
The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- θάρσειtharseiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: Take courage
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.