τολμητής
tolmētēs
G5113
G:N-M
Greek
bold man
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tolmetes describes people marked by boldness in a context of defiant speech against the glorious ones.
The sole attested use describes a group whose boldness is set within conduct that includes despising lordship and blaspheming the glorious ones.
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Boldness in defiant conduct · dominant
In 2 Peter 2:10, the nominative plural masculine form identifies a group described in the clause about those who do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones; the APB renders the surrounding description, "Bold and self-willed."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Peter 2:10, the APB presents the group as "Bold and self-willed,".