Definition

all out-spokenness, i.e. frankness, bluntness, publicity; by implication, assurance

Etymology

from G3956 (πᾶς) and a derivative of G4483 (ῥέω);

Where the KJV renders it

• bold (X -ly
• -ness
• -ness of speech)
• confidence
• X freely
• X openly
• X plainly(-ness)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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