ad-ven'-tur: "To risk," "to dare," referring always to an undertaking attended with some peril (Jud 9:17: "My father adventured his life"). Compare De 28:56. So also Ec 5:14: "Riches perish by evil adventure." Only once in New Testament for didomi (Ac 19:31), where Paul's friends beg him "not to adventure himself (archaic for "venture") into theater."
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Adventure
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.