παρρησία

παρρησία, -ας, ἡ

(πᾶς + ῥῆσις, speech) [in LXX; 3 Mos 26,13 (μετὰ π., קוֺמְמִיּוּת קוֹמְמִיּוּת), Ord 1,20; 10,10, Wis 5,1, al. ;]

1. freedom of speech, plainness, openness, freedom in speaking (Eur., Plat., al.) : ApG 4,13, 2 Kor 3,12; παρρησίᾳ, adverbially, freely, openly, plainly, Mark 8,32, Joh 7,13, 26; 10,24; 11,14; 16,29; 18,20; opposite to ἐν παροιμίαις, Joh 16,25 ἐν π., Ef 6,19 μετὰ π., ApG 2,29; 4,29, 31; 28,31

2. In LXX (1Ma 4,18, Wis 5,1, al.), FlJ, and NT, also (from the absence of fear which accompanies freedom of speech), confidence, boldness: 2 Kor 7,4, Fil 1,20, 1 Tim 3,13; ἔχειν π., Ef 3,12, Phm 8, Hebr 3,6; 10,19, 35, 1 Joh 2,28 Joh 3,21 Joh 4,17 Joh 5,14; μετὰ π., He 416; ἐν π., Kol 2,15 id. (as בפרהסיא in Rabbinic lit.; see Westc., Jo., i, 262), in public, Joh 7,4 and (without ἐν) Joh 11,54,†