G5389
φιλοτιμέομαι
philotiméomai
to be fond of honor, i.e. emulous (eager or earnest to do something)
Lexicon
Derivation: middle voice from a compound of G5384 (φίλος) and G5092 (τιμή);
to be fond of honor, i.e. emulous (eager or earnest to do something)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: labour, strive, study
Usage
3 occurrences · 0 OT · 3 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- have i strived1 · 33%
- we labour1 · 33%
- that ye study1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
φιλοτιμεῖσθαι1φιλοτιμούμεθα,1φιλοτιμούμενον1
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.