Boldness
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Ecclesiastes 8:1
- Last Reference: 1 John 4:17
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Of the righteous
Proverbs 14:26; Proverbs 28:1; Ephesians 3:12; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:19; Hebrews 13:6; 1 John 2:28; 1 John 4:17
Instances of, in prayer:
Abraham
Genesis 18:23-32
BOLDNESS, noun Courage; bravery; intrepidity; spirit; fearlessness. I cannot, with Johnson, interpret this word by fortitude or magnanimity. boldness does not, I think, imply the firmness of mind, which constitutes fortitude, nor the elevation and generosity of magnanimity.
1. Prominence; the quality of exceeding the ordinary rules of scrupulous nicety and caution; applied to style, expression, and metaphors in language; and to figures in painting, sculpture and architecture.
2. Freedom from timidity; liberty.
Great is my boldness of speech towards you. 2 Corinthians 7:4.
3. Confidence; confident trust.
We have boldness and access with confidence. Ephesians 3:12.
4. Freedom from bashfulness; assurance; confident mien.
5. Prominence; steepness; as the boldness of the shore.
6. Excess of freedom, bordering on impudence.