παρρησιάζομαι

παῤῥησιάζομαι — parrhēsiázomai

παρρησιάζομαι; imperfect ἐπαρρησιαζομην; 1 aorist ἐπαρρησιασαμην; (παρρησία, which see); a deponent verb; Vulg. chieflyfiducialiter ago; to bear oneself boldly or confidently;

1. to use freedom in speaking, be free-spoken; to speak freely ((A. V. boldly)): Act 18:26; Act 19:8; ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, relying on the name of Jesus, Act 9:27-28(29); also ἐπί τῷ κυρίῳ, Act 14:3.

2. to grow confident, have boldness, show assurance, assume a bold bearing: εἶπεν, Act 13:46 (R. V. spake out boldly); λαλεῖν, Act 26:26; παρρησιάζεσθαι ἐν τίνι, in reliance on one to take courage, followed by an infinitive of the thing to be done: λαλῆσαι, Eph 6:20; 1Th 2:2. (Xenophon, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Polybius, Philo, Plutarch, others; the Sept.; Sir 6:11.)