tharreo expresses confidence or courage, whether in one’s standing, another person, or a direct response to opposition.

The attested use chiefly expresses settled confidence: it occurs in statements about being away from or at home with the Lord, confidence concerning others, and fearless speech because the Lord is a helper. A smaller cluster shows confidence taking an assertive form toward persons regarded as walking according to the flesh.

1. Confident assurance and fearless speech · dominant

   In 2 Corinthians 5:6, a present active nominative plural participle occurs with knowing that being at home in the body means being away from the Lord; in 2 Corinthians 5:8, the first-person present indicative accompanies the preference to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. In 2 Corinthians 7:16 the first-person present form concerns confidence about the recipients, while in Hebrews 13:6 a present active accusative plural participle stands with the declaration, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

   2 Corinthians 5:62 Corinthians 5:82 Corinthians 7:16Hebrews 13:6
2. Assertive confidence toward opposition · common

   In 2 Corinthians 10:1, the first-person present form is set against being lowly when present but confident when absent. In 2 Corinthians 10:2, the aorist active infinitive occurs in Paul’s request not to need bold action against persons who consider him and his companions to be walking according to the flesh.

   2 Corinthians 10:12 Corinthians 10:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “confident” in 2 Corinthians 10:1, 2 Corinthians 5:6, 2 Corinthians 5:8, and 2 Corinthians 7:16, and “confidently” in Hebrews 13:6; 2 Corinthians 10:2 uses “bold.” These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.