Strong G5389φιλοτιμέομαι
to aspire
- Transliteration
- philotimeomai
- Pronunciation
- fil-ot-im-eh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
φιλοτιμέομαι, -οῦμαι
(φίλος, τιμή), [in LXX: 4Ma.1:35 A;]
to love or seek after honour, hence, to be ambitious, emulous (Plat., Plut., al.): with inf., Rom.15:20, 2Co.5:9, 1Th.4:11.†
(AS)
(φίλος, τιμή), [in LXX: 4Ma.1:35 A;]
to love or seek after honour, hence, to be ambitious, emulous (Plat., Plut., al.): with inf., Rom.15:20, 2Co.5:9, 1Th.4:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5389 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- labour1
- strive1
- study1
First verses
- Romans 15:20Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
- 2 Corinthians 5:9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φῐλοτῑμ-έομαι,
future ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 234a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.103)]; later, -ηθήσομαι[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.18)] codices: aorist ἐφιλοτιμήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 182b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.44, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.42; later, ἐφιλοτιμησάμην 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 20.8.2, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.1 (written ἐφιλοτειμήσετο “Ephes.” 3 No.13))]: perfect πεφιλοτίμημαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.24, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 2.1.32)]:—perfect in passive sense, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.446 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]: (φιλότιμος):—love or seek after honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.146a, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator [same place], 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.103, etc.)]: hence, to be ambitious, emulous, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 281)]; φ. ὅτι.. to be jealous because.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.7, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.21)]; φ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους, πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους, vie emulously with, rival, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 178e, “Phdr.” 234a, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 29.14.)]
2 the object of ambition, etc., is mostly added with a preposition, φ. ἐπί τινι to place one's fame in a thing, glory or pride oneself upon it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.12, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.42; ἐπὶ τοῖς πεπραγμένοις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.46, +others; ἔν τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 182b; ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.93)]; περὶ τῶν καλῶν contend in rivalry for, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.760c)]; περὶ τὴν θήραν, δεῖπνα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.18, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 9; ἀφ᾽ ἑτέρων ἀρετῶν [prev. author] 2.819c: with _neuter_ pronoun in _accusative_, πρὸς ἃ ἐγὼ φιλοτιμοῦμαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.5: with _accusative_ _cognate_, φ. φιλοτιμίας ἀκάρπους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.830e; τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἔριν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.10.5)]; φ. πρὸς τὴν πόλιν show patriotic zeal for.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 140, compare “IG” 22.1176.26, etc.; εἰς τὴν αὔξησιν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.50, compare 25, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.44, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor [prev. cited])]
II with infinitive, strive eagerly to do a thing, endeavour earnestly, aspire, οἳ πάνυ ἂν φιλοτιμηθεῖεν φίλῳ σοι χρῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.3, compare “Oec.” 21.6, “PPetr.” 3p.115 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 578.2 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; φιλοτιμούμενοι ἐπιδείκνυσθαιπρὸς ἅπαντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232a)]: with participle, φ. ἐλέγχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 336c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 9.6)]: with accusative et infinitive, to be anxious that.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.25: with _accusative_, ἀεὶ ἕν γέ τι φιλοτιμούμενος [prev. author] “Oec.” 4.24: with ὅπως, καλῶς ἂν ποιήσαις φιλοτιμηθεὶς ὅπως ἂν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοδώρου λάβῃς τὰ ἐπιστόλια “PCair.Zen.” 41.19 (3rd c.BC),compare “PMich.Zen.” 6.3 (3rd c.BC).)]
III with dative of things, present with a thing, χρήμασί τινας see reading in [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 1.5)]: but with accusative of things, lavish upon, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.1; πόλεμος.. νίκας ἀδίκους φ. 6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor 35.71 p.410F.-R.)]
future ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 234a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.103)]; later, -ηθήσομαι[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.18)] codices: aorist ἐφιλοτιμήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 182b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.44, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.42; later, ἐφιλοτιμησάμην 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 20.8.2, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.1 (written ἐφιλοτειμήσετο “Ephes.” 3 No.13))]: perfect πεφιλοτίμημαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.24, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 2.1.32)]:—perfect in passive sense, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.446 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]: (φιλότιμος):—love or seek after honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.146a, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator [same place], 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.103, etc.)]: hence, to be ambitious, emulous, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 281)]; φ. ὅτι.. to be jealous because.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.7, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.21)]; φ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους, πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους, vie emulously with, rival, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 178e, “Phdr.” 234a, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 29.14.)]
2 the object of ambition, etc., is mostly added with a preposition, φ. ἐπί τινι to place one's fame in a thing, glory or pride oneself upon it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.12, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.42; ἐπὶ τοῖς πεπραγμένοις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.46, +others; ἔν τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 182b; ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.93)]; περὶ τῶν καλῶν contend in rivalry for, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.760c)]; περὶ τὴν θήραν, δεῖπνα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.18, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 9; ἀφ᾽ ἑτέρων ἀρετῶν [prev. author] 2.819c: with _neuter_ pronoun in _accusative_, πρὸς ἃ ἐγὼ φιλοτιμοῦμαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.5: with _accusative_ _cognate_, φ. φιλοτιμίας ἀκάρπους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.830e; τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἔριν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.10.5)]; φ. πρὸς τὴν πόλιν show patriotic zeal for.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 140, compare “IG” 22.1176.26, etc.; εἰς τὴν αὔξησιν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.50, compare 25, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.44, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor [prev. cited])]
II with infinitive, strive eagerly to do a thing, endeavour earnestly, aspire, οἳ πάνυ ἂν φιλοτιμηθεῖεν φίλῳ σοι χρῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.3, compare “Oec.” 21.6, “PPetr.” 3p.115 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 578.2 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; φιλοτιμούμενοι ἐπιδείκνυσθαιπρὸς ἅπαντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232a)]: with participle, φ. ἐλέγχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 336c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 9.6)]: with accusative et infinitive, to be anxious that.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.25: with _accusative_, ἀεὶ ἕν γέ τι φιλοτιμούμενος [prev. author] “Oec.” 4.24: with ὅπως, καλῶς ἂν ποιήσαις φιλοτιμηθεὶς ὅπως ἂν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοδώρου λάβῃς τὰ ἐπιστόλια “PCair.Zen.” 41.19 (3rd c.BC),compare “PMich.Zen.” 6.3 (3rd c.BC).)]
III with dative of things, present with a thing, χρήμασί τινας see reading in [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 1.5)]: but with accusative of things, lavish upon, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.1; πόλεμος.. νίκας ἀδίκους φ. 6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor 35.71 p.410F.-R.)]