Strong's Lexicon
G5383 — φιλοπρωτεύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5383 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φιλοπρωτεύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G5384 and G4413 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | philoproteuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | fil-op-rote-yoo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be fond of being first, i.e. ambitious of distinction |
| KJV Renderings: | love to have the preeminence |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλοπρωτεύω; (φιλόπρωτος, fond of being first, striving after the first place; from φίλος and πρῶτος: Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 32; Plutarch (Alcib. 2, 2); mor., p. 471 e. (i. e. de tranquil. an. 12; p. 793 e. i. e. an seni sit etc. 18, 8)); to aspire after pre-eminence, to desire to be first: 3Jn 1:9. (Several times in ecclesiastical writings.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φιλοπρωτεύω (love to have the preeminence)
3 John 1:9
- KJV: I wrote unto the church but Diotrephes who loveth to have the preeminence among them receiveth us not
- GK: έγραψα τη εκκλησία αλλ΄ ο φιλοπρώτευων αυτών Διοτρεφής ουκ επιδέχεται ημάς
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