Strong's Concordance philopróteuó: to strive to be first Original Word: φιλοπρωτεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: philopróteuó Phonetic Spelling: (fil-op-rote-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I desire preeminence Definition: I love the chief place, desire preeminence. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5383: φιλοπρωτεύωφιλοπρωτεύω; (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: 3 John 1:9. (Several times in ecclesiastical writings.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance to wish to be firstFrom a compound of philos and protos; to be fond of being first, i.e. Ambitious of distinction -- love to have the preeminence. see GREEK philos see GREEK protos Forms and Transliterations φιλοπρωτευων φιλοπρωτεύων φιλοπρώτευων philoproteuon philoproteúon philoprōteuōn philoprōteúōnLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 53831 Occurrence φιλοπρωτεύων — 1 Occ. 3 John 1:9 V-PPA-NMS GRK: ἀλλ' ὁ φιλοπρωτεύων αὐτῶν Διοτρέφης NAS: but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept KJV: who loveth to have the preeminence among them, INT: but who loves to be first among them Diotrephes |
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