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Lexicon :: Strong's G5383 - philoprōteuō

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φιλοπρωτεύω
Transliteration
philoprōteuō (Key)
Pronunciation
fil-op-rote-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

3 John
1:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5383 matches the Greek φιλοπρωτεύω (philoprōteuō),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:9 - I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
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