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Boldness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Courage; bravery; intrepidity; spirit; fearlessness. I cannot, with Johnson, interpret this word by fortitude or magnanimity. boldness does not, I think, imply the firmness of mind, which constitutes fortitude, nor the elevation and generosity of magnanimity.

2. Prominence; the quality of exceeding the ordinary rules of scrupulous nicety and caution; applied to style, expression, and metaphors in language; and to figures in painting, sculpture and architecture.

3. Freedom from timidity; liberty.

4. Great is my boldness of speech towards you. 2 Corinthians 7:4 .

5. Confidence; confident trust.

6. We have boldness and access with confidence. Ephesians 3:12 .

7. Freedom from bashfulness; assurance; confident mien.

8. Prominence; steepness; as the boldness of the shore.

9. Excess of freedom, bordering on impudence.

Boldness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state or quality of being bold.

King James Bible KJV Bible

Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible

16 KJV and 4 BSB verses contain “Boldness”

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

Acts 4:13

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.

Acts 4:29

And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,

Acts 4:31

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

2 Corinthians 7:4

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

Ephesians 3:12

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.

Philippians 1:20

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

1 Timothy 3:13

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 10:19

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

1 John 4:17

Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

Judith 16:10

The Persians quaked at her boldness, and the Medes were daunted at her hardiness.

Rest of Esther 14:12

Remember, O Lord, make thyself known in time of our affliction, and give me boldness, O King of the nations, and Lord of all power.

Wisdom of Solomon 5:1

Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.

Wisdom of Solomon 12:17

For when men will not believe that thou art of a full power, thou shewest thy strength, and among them that know it thou makest their boldness manifest.

1 Maccabees 4:32

Make them to be of no courage, and cause the boldness of their strength to fall away, and let them quake at their destruction:

2 Maccabees 8:18

For they, said he, trust in their weapons and boldness; but our confidence is in the Almighty who at a beck can cast down both them that come against us, and also all the world.