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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

φιλοτιμέομαι

Lemmaφιλοτιμέομαι
Citation formφιλοτιμέομαι
Part of speechverb
GlossI desire very strongly
Strong’sG5389
Transliterationphilotiméomai
Definitionto be fond of honor, i.e. emulous (eager or earnest to do something)
KJV glosses:--labour, strive, study.
Derivationmiddle voice from a compound of and
SBLGNT occurrences3

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
φιλοτιμεῖσθαι
verb, present, middle, infinitive (MorphGNT -PMN----)1 Thessalonians 4:11
φιλοτιμούμεθα
verb, first person, present, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PMI-P--)2 Corinthians 5:9
φιλοτιμούμενον
verb, present, middle, participle, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PMPASM-)Romans 15:20

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