KJV Dictionary Definition: courage

courage

COURAGE, n. L., the heart. Bravery; intrepidity; that quality of mind which enables men to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear or depression of spirits; valor; boldness; resolution. It is a constituent part of fortitude; but fortitude implies patience to bear continued suffering.

Courage that grows from constitution, often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty, acts in a uniform manner.

Be strong and of good courage. Deuteronomy 31.

courageous

COURAGEOUS, a. Brave; bold; daring; intrepid; hardy to encounter difficulties and dangers; adventurous; enterprising.

Be thou strong and courageous. Joshua 1.

courageously

COURAGEOUSLY, adv. With courage; bravely; boldly; stoutly.

courageousness

COURAGEOUSNESS, n. Courage; boldness; bravery; intrepidity; spirit; valor.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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