philotimeomai: to love or seek after honor Original Word: φιλοτιμέομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: philotimeomai
Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ot-im-eh'-om-ahee)
Short Definition: I desire very strongly
Definition: I am zealous, strive eagerly, desire very strongly.
5389 philotiméomai (from 5384 /phílos, "lover, friend" and 5092 /timḗ, "acknowledged honor") – properly, to show affection for what is personally valued (honored). 5389 /philotiméomai ("aspiring for what is honorable") refers to pursuing (devoting oneself to) what has great personal value. Word Origin
mid. from a comp. of philos and timé
Definition
to love or seek after honor
NASB Word Usage
aspired (1), have as our ambition (1), make it your ambition (1).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org labor, strive, study. Middle voice from a compound of philos and time; to be fond of honor, i.e. Emulous (eager or earnest to do something) -- labour, strive, study. see GREEK philos see GREEK time
φίλοι — 4 Occ.
φίλοις — 1 Occ.
φίλον — 2 Occ.
φίλος — 8 Occ.
φίλους — 8 Occ.
φιλοσοφίας — 1 Occ.
φιλοσόφων — 1 Occ.
φιλόστοργοι — 1 Occ.
φιλοτέκνους — 1 Occ.
φιλοτιμεῖσθαι — 1 Occ.
φιλοτιμούμεθα — 1 Occ.
φιλοφρόνως — 1 Occ.
ἐφίμωσεν — 1 Occ.
ἐφιμώθη — 1 Occ.
κημώσεις — 1 Occ.
πεφίμωσο — 1 Occ.
φιμώσεις — 1 Occ.
Φιμώθητι — 2 Occ.
φιμοῦν — 1 Occ.
Φλέγοντα — 1 Occ.
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Strong's Greek 5389
3 Occurrences
φιλοτιμεῖσθαι — 1 Occ.
φιλοτιμούμενον — 1 Occ.
φιλοτιμούμεθα — 1 Occ.
Romans 15:20 V-PPM/P-AMS
BIB: οὕτως δὲ φιλοτιμούμενον εὐαγγελίζεσθαι οὐχ
NAS: And thus I aspired to preach the gospel,
KJV: so have I strived to preach the gospel,
INT: thus moreover being ambitious to preach the gospel not2 Corinthians 5:9 V-PIM/P-1P
BIB: διὸ καὶ φιλοτιμούμεθα εἴτε ἐνδημοῦντες
NAS: we also have as our ambition, whether
KJV: Wherefore we labour, that, whether
INT: Therefore also we are ambitious whether being at home 1 Thessalonians 4:11 V-PNM/P
BIB: καὶ φιλοτιμεῖσθαι ἡσυχάζειν καὶ
NAS: and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life
KJV: And that ye study to be quiet, and
INT: and endeavour earnestly to be quiet and 3 Occurrences
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