parrhesiazomai - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3955 — leshad (“fresh”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3955 παρῥησιάζομαι (parrhesiazomai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. parrhesiazomai (par-rhay-see-ad'-zom-ai) v. 1. to be frank in utterance, or confident in spirit and demeanor [middle voice from G3954] It has 13 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include preached, waxed, and bold. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
parrhesiazomai (par-rhay-see-ad'-zom-ai) v. 1. to be frank in utterance, or confident in spirit and demeanor [middle voice from G3954] KJV: be (wax) bold, (preach, speak) boldly Root(s): G3954
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3955. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to preach boldly
Usage: παρρησιάζομαι (παρρησία), [in LXX: Job.22:26 (עָנַג hithp.), Psa.12:5 94:1, Pro.20:9, Sng.8:10, Sir.6:11 * ;] to speak freely or boldly, be bold in speech: Act.9:27-28 13:46 14:3 18:26 19:8 26:26, Eph.6:20, 1Th.2:2.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render parrhesiazomai, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3955 (παρῥησιάζομαι) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
9 indexed usages in New Testament.
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, Looking up cheerfully to heaven.
Because of the misery of the poor, And because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.
A Psalm of David for the fourth day of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; The God of vengeance has declared himself.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
But in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, And will be bold over thy servants.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3955.
Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, Looking up cheerfully to heaven.
Because of the misery of the poor, And because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.
A Psalm of David for the fourth day of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; The God of vengeance has declared himself.
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
But in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, And will be bold over thy servants.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3955, grouped by book.
Strong's G3955 is a Greek entry for G3955 παρῥησιάζομαι (parrhesiazomai). parrhesiazomai (par-rhay-see-ad'-zom-ai) v. 1. to be frank in utterance, or confident in spirit and demeanor [middle voice from G3954]
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G3955 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3955 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as preached, waxed, and bold. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3955, with linked reader references where each row is available.