Lexicon philopróteuó: To love to be first; to desire preeminence Original Word: φιλοπρωτεύω 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 NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a comp. of philos and prótos Definition to strive to be first NASB Translation loves to be first (1). 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.) 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 Texts |
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