COURAGE

kur'-aj: Hebrew chazaq, "to show oneself strong" (Numbers 13:20 2 Samuel 10:12 1 Chronicles 19:13 2 Chronicles 15:8 Ezra 10:4 Psalm 27:14; Psalm 31:24 Isaiah 41:6); ruach, "spirit," "animus" (Joshua 2:11 the King James Version); 'amats, "to be alert" (physically and mentally), "to be agile," "quick," "energetic" (Deuteronomy 31:6, 7, 23 Joshua 1:6, 9, 18; Joshua 10:25 1 Chronicles 22:13; 1 Chronicles 28:20); lebhabh, "the heart," and figuratively, "person," "spirit" (Daniel 11:25); Greek tharsos, "cheer" (Acts 28:15). A virtue highly esteemed among all nations, one of the four chief "natural" (cardinal) virtues (The Wisdom of Solomon 8:7), while cowardice ranks as one of the mortal sins (Ecclesiasticus 2:12, 13; Revelation 21:8).