Strong's Number G3954

Transliteration:

parrhesia{par-rhay-see'-ah}

Word Origin:

from 3956 and a derivative of 4483

TDNT:

5:871,794

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Usage in the KJV:

boldness 8, confidence 6, openly 4, plainly 4, openly 1722 2, boldly 1722 1, misc 6

Total: 31

Definition:

freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech
1. openly, frankly, i.e without concealment
2. without ambiguity or circumlocution
3. without the use of figures and comparisons
free and fearless confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, assurance
the deportment by which one becomes conspicuous or secures publicity