What does θάρσος (thársos) mean in the Bible?
θάρσος (thársos): Courage rooted in inner confidence or grounds of assurance, distinct from reckless audacity.
Greek · G2294
θάρσος
Boldness (subjectively)
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θάρσος G2294
Pronunciation thársos
What does θάρσος (thársos) mean in the Bible?
θάρσος (thársos): Courage rooted in inner confidence or grounds of assurance, distinct from reckless audacity.
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How does the BSB render G2294?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include he was encouraged (1).
Where does θάρσος (thársos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 28:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It he was encouraged 1× Acts 28:15
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First aligned row Acts 28:15
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
θάρσος 1x tharsos Acts 28:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Acts 28:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Courage rooted in inner confidence or grounds of assurance, distinct from reckless audacity.
Strong's G2294
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Proverbs 3:21-26 Source Gloss
boldness (subjectively)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Courage rooted in inner confidence or grounds of assurance, distinct from reckless audacity.
2. that which gives courage , θάρση grounds of confidence , (Euripides) 3. in bad sense, audacity , (Iliad by Homer): compare θράσος. (ML)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 28:15 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
θάρσος. qarsov
courage
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
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This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Acts 28:15 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
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Biblical Witnesses
Courage and confidence grounded in wisdom and divine protection
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain