Greek verb · G5111
τολμάω
tolmaotol-mah'-o
be bold
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tolmáō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5111is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 27New Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5111
to venture (objectively or in act
The King James renders it: be bold, boldly, dare, durst.
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
tolmao is rendered "be bold". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across ten books.
- Four of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
Matthew 22:46ἐτόλμησέν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's sixteen uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- was daring3
- am daring1
- Dare1
- dare we1
- dared1
- did dare1
- having boldness1
- he was daring1
- may be daring —1
- to be daring1
- to dare1
- were they daring1
and 2 more, 16 uses in all
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| τολμητής | tolmetes | bold man | Uses1 |
| τολμηρότερον | tolmeroteron | more boldly | Uses1 |
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 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
- ἐτόλμα4
- τολμᾷ3
- ἐτόλμησεν1
- ἐτόλμησέν1
- ἐτόλμων1
- τολμᾶν1
- τολμῆσαι1
- τολμήσας1
- τολμήσω1
- τολμῶ1
- τολμῶμεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-IAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
- verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-FAI-1S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PAI-1S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-PAS-3S
Matthew
one use
No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
- ἐτόλμησένetolmesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: dared
Mark
two uses
When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.
- ἐτόλμαetolmaverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was daring
Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
- τολμήσαςtolmesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having boldness
Luke
one use
And they did not dare to question Him any further.
- ἐτόλμωνetolmonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were they daring
John
one use
“Come, have breakfast,” Jesus said to them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew it was the Lord.
- ἐτόλμαetolmaverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was daring
Acts
two uses
Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
- ἐτόλμαetolmaverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was daring
‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
- ἐτόλμαetolmaverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was daring
Romans
two uses
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
- τολμᾷtolmaverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: would dare
I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
- τολμήσωtolmesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will I dare
1 Corinthians
one use
If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
- Τολμᾷtolmaverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Dare
2 Corinthians
four uses
I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
- τολμῆσαιtolmesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be daring
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
- τολμῶμενtolmomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: dare we
To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
- τολμᾷtolmaverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be daring —
- τολμῶtolmoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: am daring
Philippians
one use
And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
- τολμᾶνtolmanverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to dare
Jude
one use
But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
- ἐτόλμησενetolmesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: did dare
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.