τολμάω, τολμῶ; imperfect 3 person singular ἐτόλμα, plural ἐτόλμων; future τολμήσω; 1 aorist ἐτόλησα; (τολμᾷ or τόλμῃ (`daring'; Curtius, § 236)); from Homer down; to dare; a. not to dread or shun through fear: followed by an infinitive, Mat_22:46; Mar_12:34; Luk_20:40; Joh_21:12 (Winer's Grammar, § 65, 7b.); Act_5:13; Act_7:32; Rom_15:18; 2Co_10:12; Php_1:14; Jud_1:9; τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν, took courage and went in, Mar_15:43 (Herodian, 8, 5, 22; Plutarch, vit. Cam. 22, 6). b. to bear, endure; to bring oneself to; (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above): followed by an infinitive, Rom_5:7; 1Co_6:1. c. absolutely, to be bold; bear oneself boldly, deal boldly: 2Co_11:21; ἐπί τινα, against one, 2Co_10:2. (Compare: ἀποτολμάω.) [SYNONYMS: τολμάω, θαρρέω: θαρρέω denotes confidence in one's own strength or capacity, θαρρέω boldness or daring in undertaking; θαρρέω has reference more to the character, τολμάω to its manifestation. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 24, 4; chapter 141. The words are found together in 2Co_10:2.]

τολμάω tolmaō 16x to assume resolution to do a thing, Mar_15:43 ; Rom_5:7 ; Php_1:14 ; to make up the mind, 2Co_10:12 ; to dare, Act_5:13 ; Act_7:32 ; to presume, Mat_22:46 ; Mar_12:34 ; Luk_20:40 ; Joh_21:12 ; Rom_15:18 ; Jud_1:9 ; to have the face, 1Co_6:1 ; absol. to assume a bold bearing, courageous, 2Co_10:2 ; 2Co_11:21 * (have) courage; dare.

τολμάω , -ῶ , [in LXX : Job_15:12 ( H3947 ), Est_1:18 ; Est_7:5 ( H3820 H4390 ) Jdt_14:13 , 2Ma_4:2 , 3Ma_3:21 R , 4Ma_8:18 * ;] to have courage, to venture, dare, be bold: absol , 2Co_11:21 ; seq . ἐπί , 2Co_10:2 ; c . inf . (Bl., § 69, 4), Mat_22:46 , Mar_12:34 , Luk_20:40 , Joh_21:12 , Act_5:13 ; Act_7:32 , Rom_15:18 , 1Co_6:1 , 2Co_10:12 , Php_1:14 , Jud_1:9 ; to submit to (in cl . usually absol. in this sense), Rom_5:7 ( v. Field, Notes , 155); τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν , took courage and went in ( v. Field, op. cit., 44), Mar_15:43 ( cf. ἀπο -τολμάω ).†

τολμάω [page 638] have courage, am bold : P Par 22 .16 (B.C. 165) (= UPZ i. p. 193) μέχρι τοῦ νῦν οὐ τετόλμηκεν αὐτὸν ἡ Νέφορις θάψαι , BGU IV. 1209 .16 (B.C. 23) ἵνα π̣ρὸς μὲν κατάπληξιν τῶν τολμησάντων ἔχωμεν α [ὐτο ]ὺς ἑτοίμους πρὸς ἐντυχίαν , P Ryl II. 144 .20 (A.D. 38) ἐτόλμησεν πθόνους ( l . φθόνου ) μοι ἐπαγαγεῖν αἰτίας τοῦ μὴ ὄντος , moreover he had the audacity to bring baseless accusations of malice against me (Edd.), P Oxy VIII. 1120 .15 (early iii/A.D.) εἰσεπήδησεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν μου καὶ ἐτόλμησεν ἀποσπάσαι δούλην μου , rushed into my house and dared to carry off my slave (Ed.), ib . IX. 1204 .20 (A.D. 299) τις Ὀξυρυγχείτης . . . ὁρμώμενος τετόλμηκεν αὐτὸν ὀνομάζειν εἰς δεκαπρωτείαν , an Oxyrhynchite made a design upon him and ventured to nominate him for the decemprimate (Ed.), and BGU III. 909 .18 (A.D. 359) ἐπὶ τοίνυν οὐχ ὀλίγ [α ] ἐστὶν τὰ τολμηθέντα ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν κατ᾽ ἐμοῦ . On τολμάω in the sense of take courage, as in Mar_15:43 , see the exx. in Field Notes , p. 155, and for the meaning submit to, as in Rom_5:7 , see ib . p. 44. For the form τορμάω cf. BGU III. 948 .7 (iv/v A.D.) οὐκ ἐτόρμηκας ἐμοὶ γράψεν (= -ειν ), also 9, 11 (see Mayser Gr . i. p. 188). For the subst. τόλμη see P Oxy VIII. 1119 .8 (A.D. 254) ὑφηγησάμενοι τὴν τόλμαν καὶ τὴν παρανομίαν , recounting the audacity and the illegality of a certain official, and for τόλμημα see ib . 1106 .7 (vi/A.D.) ἀποσχέσθαι τοῦ τοιούτου τολμήματος , to abstain from any such outrage (Ed.).

τολμάω "to undertake, take heart" either "to do or bear" anything terrible or difficult, Hom. , etc.:—absol. "to hold out, endure, be patient, submit", id=Hom. , attic:—c. acc. rei, "to endure, undergo", Theogn. , Eur. c. inf. "to have the courage, hardihood, effrontery, cruelty", or "the grace, patience, to do" a thing in spite of any natural feeling, "to venture, dare to do", Hom. , attic sometimes c. part., ἐτόλμα βαλλόμενος "he submitted to be" struck, Od. ; τόλμα ἐρῶσα Eur. c. acc., τολμᾶν πόλεμον "to undertake, venture on" it, Od. ; τοιαῦτα, πάντα τ. Trag. ; also, τ. τὰ βέλτιστα Thuc. : Pass., οἷ᾽ ἐτολμήθη πατήρ such things as my father "had dared" (or "done) against him", Eur.

τολμάω, -ῶ [in LXX: Job.15:12 (לָקַח), Est.1:18 7:5 (לֵב מָלֵא) Jdth.14:13, 2Ma.4:2, 3Ma.3:21 R, 4Ma.8:18 * ;] to have courage, to venture, dare, be bold: absol, 2Co.11:21; before ἐπί, 2Co.10:2; with inf. (Bl., § 69, 4), Mat.22:46, Mrk.12:34, Luk.20:40, Jhn.21:12, Act.5:13 7:32, Rom.15:18, 1Co.6:1, 2Co.10:12, Php.1:14, Ju 9; to submit to (in cl. usually absol. in this sense), Rom.5:7 (see Field, Notes, 155); τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν, took courage and went in (see Field, op. cit., 44), Mrk.15:43 (cf. ἀπο-τολμάω).† (AS)