Lexicon :: Strong's G5383 - philoprōteuō

φιλοπρωτεύω
Transliteration
philoprōteuō (Key)
Pronunciation
fil-op-rote-yoo'-o
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of φίλος (G5384) and πρῶτος (G4413)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
φιλοπρωτεύων — 1x
φιλοπρωτεύων — 1x
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Strong’s Definitions

φιλοπρωτεύω philoprōteúō, fil-op-rote-yoo'-o; from a compound of G5384 and G4413; to be fond of being first, i.e. ambitious of distinction:—love to have the preeminence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5383 in the following manner: love to have the preeminence (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5383 in the following manner: love to have the preeminence (1x).

  1. to aspire to pre-eminence, to desire to be first

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φιλοπρωτεύω philoprōteúō, fil-op-rote-yoo'-o; from a compound of G5384 and G4413; to be fond of being first, i.e. ambitious of distinction:—love to have the preeminence.
STRONGS G5383:
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: 3 John 1:9. (Several times in ecclesiastical writings.)
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