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signifies “waxing bold”); Acts 9:27, 29, “preached boldly” (see also 18:26; 19:8); in
26:26, “speak freely.” See
FREELY
.
3.
(
1
, 5111) signifies “to dare to do, or to bear, something terrible or
difficult”; hence, “to be bold, to bear oneself boldy, deal boldly”; it is translated “be
bold” in 2 Cor. 10:2, as contrasted with
in verse 1, and the first line of verse 2,
“shew courage” (see No. 1, above); in 10:12,
RV
, “are not bold to,” for
KJV
, “dare not
make ourselves of.”
denotes confidence in one’s own powers, and has reference
to character;
denotes boldness in undertaking and has reference to manifestation
(Thayer). See
COURAGE
,
DARE
.
4.
(
1
, 662),
(intensive), with No. 3, means “to be very bold,
to speak out boldly,” and is used in Rom. 10:20.¶
B. Noun.
(
9: &
, 3954), from
, “all,”
, “speech” (see A, No. 2), denotes
(a), primarily, “freedom of speech, unreservedness of utterance,” Acts 4:29, 31; 2 Cor.
3:12; 7:4; Philem. 8; or “to speak without ambiguity, plainly,” John 10:24; or “without
figures of speech,” John 16:25; (b) “the absence of fear in speaking boldly; hence,
confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, without any connection necessarily with speech”;
the
RV
has “boldness” in the following; Acts 4:13; Eph. 3:12; 1 Tim. 3:13; Heb. 3:6;
4:16; 10:19, 35; 1 John 2:28; 3:21; 4:17; 5:14; (c) the deportment by which one becomes
conspicuous, John 7:4; 11:54, acts openly, or secures publicity, Col. 2:15. See
CONFIDENCE
,
OPENLY
,
PLAINNESS
.
C. Adverb.
(
$ $
, 5112), the comparative degree of
, means “the
more boldly,” Rom. 15:15; in some texts,
. Cf. A, No. 3.¶ Cf.
,
“presumptuous”;
RV
, “daring,” 2 Pet. 2:10.¶
BOND
1.
(
, 1199), from
, “to bind” (see
BAND
), is usually found in the
plural, either masculine or neuter; (a) it stands thus for the actual “bonds” which bind a
prisoner, as in Luke 8:29; Acts 16:26; 20:23 (the only three places where the neuter plural
is used); 22:30; (b) the masculine plural stands frequently in a figurative sense for “a
condition of imprisonment,” Phil. 1:7, 13, i.e., “so that my captivity became manifest as
appointed for the cause of Christ”; verses 14, 16; Col. 4:18; 2 Tim. 2:9; Philem. 10, 13;
Heb. 10:34.
In Mark 7:35 “the bond (
KJV
, string)” stands metaphorically for “the infirmity which
caused an impediment in his speech.” So in Luke 13:16, of the infirmity of the woman
who was bowed together. See
BAND
,
CHAIN
,
STRING
.
2.
(
!
, 1198), “a binding,” denotes “a prisoner,” e.g., Acts 25:14,
RV
,
for the
KJV
, “in bonds”; Heb. 13:3, “them that are in bonds.” Paul speaks of himself as a
prisoner of Christ, Eph. 3:1; 2 Tim. 1:8; Philem. 1, 9; “in the Lord,” Eph. 4:1. See
PRISONER
.
3.
$
(
"
, 4886), “that which binds together” (
$
, “with,” and No.
1), is said of “the bond of iniquity,” Acts 8:23; “the bond of peace,” Eph. 4:3; “the bond