Greek · Strong's G5389
φιλοτιμέομαι
philotimeomaifil-ot-im-eh'-om-ahee
to be fond of honor, i.e. emulous (eager or earnest to do something)
1890 spelling: philotiméomai
- φ500
- ι10
- λ30
- ο70
- τ300
- ι10
- μ40
- ε5
- ο70
- μ40
- α1
- ι10
Isopsephy 1,086
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to be fond of honor, i.e. emulous (eager or earnest to do something)
Rendered in the KJV as
labour, strive, study.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- φιλοτιμεῖσθαι1
- φιλοτιμούμεθα,1
- φιλοτιμούμενον1
How it is rendered · 3
- being ambitious1
- to strive earnestly1
- we are ambitious,1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · present deponent, statement · 1st person plural1
- verb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
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- V-PNI-1P · 1
- V-PNN · 1
- V-PNP-ASM · 1
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Where this word lives
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