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verb

Greekφιλοπρωτεύω (filoprōteuō)
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filoprōteuamō

Strong’sG5383

I desire preeminence

stem filoprōteu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

*† φιλοπρωτεύω

(< φιλόπρωτος, Plut., al.)

to strive to be first: III Jo 9 (eccl.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5383 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfil-op-rote-yoo'-o

to be fond of being first, i.e. ambitious of distinction

Fromfrom a compound of G5384 and G4413;

King Jameslove to have the preeminence.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
φῐλοπρωτ-εύω,
wish or strive to be first, NT

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

loves to be first1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
filoprōteuarōntosφιλοπρωτεύωνhappening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculineloves to be first1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularfiloprōteuamōfiloprōteuamefiloprōteuamifiloprōteuamafiloprōteuamēfiloprōteuamelē
you 2nd person singularfiloprōteuasōfiloprōteuasefiloprōteuasifiloprōteuasafiloprōteuasēfiloprōteuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularfiloprōteuatōfiloprōteuatefiloprōteuatifiloprōteuatafiloprōteuatēfiloprōteuatelē
we 1st person pluralfiloprōteuanōfiloprōteuanefiloprōteuanifiloprōteuanafiloprōteuanēfiloprōteuanelē
ye 2nd person pluralfiloprōteuavōfiloprōteuavefiloprōteuavifiloprōteuavafiloprōteuavēfiloprōteuavelē
they 3rd person pluralfiloprōteualōfiloprōteualefiloprōteualifiloprōteualafiloprōteualēfiloprōteualelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularfiloprōteuameiōfiloprōteuameiafiloprōteuameiē
you 2nd person singularfiloprōteuaseiōfiloprōteuaseiafiloprōteuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularfiloprōteuateiōfiloprōteuateiafiloprōteuateiē
we 1st person pluralfiloprōteuaneiōfiloprōteuaneiafiloprōteuaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralfiloprōteuaveiōfiloprōteuaveiafiloprōteuaveiē
they 3rd person pluralfiloprōteualeiōfiloprōteualeiafiloprōteualeiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularfiloprōteuasōrfiloprōteuasarfiloprōteuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularfiloprōteuatōrfiloprōteuatarfiloprōteuatēr
ye 2nd person pluralfiloprōteuavōrfiloprōteuavarfiloprōteuavēr
they 3rd person pluralfiloprōteualōrfiloprōteualarfiloprōteualēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularfiloprōteuamoiōfiloprōteuamoia
you 2nd person singularfiloprōteuasoiōfiloprōteuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularfiloprōteuatoiōfiloprōteuatoia
we 1st person pluralfiloprōteuanoiōfiloprōteuanoia
ye 2nd person pluralfiloprōteuavoiōfiloprōteuavoia
they 3rd person pluralfiloprōteualoiōfiloprōteualoia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicefiloprōteuarōfiloprōteuarifiloprōteuarafiloprōteuarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicefiloprōteuarōntos1×φιλοπρωτεύωνfiloprōteuarintosfiloprōteuarantosfiloprōteuarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
filoprōteustem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

filoprōteu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

filoprōteuarōntos“loves to be first”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×

3 John 1:9Grafama tinem ta ekklēsa; alla tos filoprōteuarōntos autoiu Diotrefos ouk epidechotō nin.… church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.