verb

filoprōteuamō

Greekφιλοπρωτεύω (filoprōteuō)

Strong’sG5383

I desire preeminence

stem filoprōteu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

loves to be first1×

What it means

*† 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.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
filoprōteuarōtosφιλοπρωτεύων	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine	loves to be first	1×

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 person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	filoprōteuamō	filoprōteuame	filoprōteuami	filoprōteuama	filoprōteuamē	filoprōteuamelē
you 2nd person singular	filoprōteuasō	filoprōteuase	filoprōteuasi	filoprōteuasa	filoprōteuasē	filoprōteuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	filoprōteuatō	filoprōteuate	filoprōteuati	filoprōteuata	filoprōteuatē	filoprōteuatelē
we 1st person plural	filoprōteuanō	filoprōteuane	filoprōteuani	filoprōteuana	filoprōteuanē	filoprōteuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	filoprōteuavō	filoprōteuave	filoprōteuavi	filoprōteuava	filoprōteuavē	filoprōteuavelē
they 3rd person plural	filoprōteualō	filoprōteuale	filoprōteuali	filoprōteuala	filoprōteualē	filoprōteualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	filoprōteuameiō	filoprōteuameia	filoprōteuameiē
you 2nd person singular	filoprōteuaseiō	filoprōteuaseia	filoprōteuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	filoprōteuateiō	filoprōteuateia	filoprōteuateiē
we 1st person plural	filoprōteuaneiō	filoprōteuaneia	filoprōteuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	filoprōteuaveiō	filoprōteuaveia	filoprōteuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	filoprōteualeiō	filoprōteualeia	filoprōteualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	filoprōteuasōr	filoprōteuasar	filoprōteuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	filoprōteuatōr	filoprōteuatar	filoprōteuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	filoprōteuavōr	filoprōteuavar	filoprōteuavēr
they 3rd person plural	filoprōteualōr	filoprōteualar	filoprōteualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	filoprōteuamoiō	filoprōteuamoia
you 2nd person singular	filoprōteuasoiō	filoprōteuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	filoprōteuatoiō	filoprōteuatoia
we 1st person plural	filoprōteuanoiō	filoprōteuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	filoprōteuavoiō	filoprōteuavoia
they 3rd person plural	filoprōteualoiō	filoprōteualoia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	filoprōteuarō	filoprōteuari	filoprōteuara	filoprōteuarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	filoprōteuarōtos1×φιλοπρωτεύων	filoprōteuaritos	filoprōteuaratos	filoprōteuarētos

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+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

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

3 John 1:9“loves to be first”Grafama tinem ta ekklēsa; alla tos filoprōteuarōtos autoiu Diotrefos ouk epidechetō nin.I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.