Quick Definition
a daring, presumptuous man
Strong's Definition
a daring (audacious) man
Derivation: from G5111 (τολμάω);
KJV Usage: presumptuous
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τολμητής, τολμητου, ὁ (τολμάω), a daring man: 2Pe_2:10. (Thucydides 1, 70; Josephus, b. j. 3, 10, 2; Philo de Joseph., § 38, Plutarch, Lucian).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τολμητής tolmētēs 1x
one who is bold; in a bad sense, a presumptuous, audacious person, 2Pe_2:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* τολμητής , -οῦ , ὁ ,
( < τολμάω ),
a bold, daring man: 2Pe_2:10 ( Thuc .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τολμητής [page 638]
τολμητής .
By τολμητής in 2Pe_2:10 Mayor ad l . understands a shameless and headstrong man. For a somewhat weaker sense cf. Jos. B.J . III. 475 (x. 2), ed. Niese Ἰουδαῖοι μέν , εἰ καὶ σφόδρα τολμηταὶ καὶ θανάτου καταφρονοῦντες , ἀλλὰ πολέμων ἄπειροι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
τολμητής τολμητής, οῦ, ὁ, [Etym: τολμάω] "a bold, venturous man", Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τολμητής, -οῦ, ὁ
(τολμάω),
a bold, daring man: 2Pe.2:10 (Thuc.).†
(AS)
📖 In-Depth Word Study
Daring (5113) tolmetes
Daring (5113) (tolmetes related to tolmao = to deal boldly from tolma = boldness) means bold, venturous, reckless, daring, audacious (recklessly bold, fearless) and brazenly doing that which defies what is right and has no concern for the consequences for oneself or others. They are presumptuous men who have contempt of law, religion, or decorum. There is a daring that is heroic, but there is also a daring that is satanic. Tolmetes can have a positive meaning (but of course that is not Peter's intent) such as a bold, daring or enterprising person.
Tolmetes is found only here in Scripture.
Barclay adds that
There are two kinds of daring. There is the daring which is a noble thing, the mark of true courage. There is the daring which is an evil thing, the shameless performance of things which are an affront to decency and right. As the character in Shakespeare had it: “I dare do all becomes a man. Who dares do more is none.” The bad man is he who has the audacity to defy the will of God as it is known to him. (Barclay, William: New Testament Words:. Westminster John Know Press, 1964) (Bolding added)