verb
filotimomō
Strong’sG5389
I desire very strongly
stem filotim-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 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.
** φιλοτιμέομαι, -οῦμαι
(< φίλος, τιμή), [in LXX: IV Mac 1:35 A;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5389 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future ήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; later, -ηθήσομαιRefs 1st c.BC+ codices: aorist ἐφιλοτιμήθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect πεφιλοτίμημαι Refs 4th c.BC+:—perfect in passive sense, Refs 1st c.AD+: (φιλότιμος):—love or seek after honour, Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, to be ambitious, emulous, Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. ὅτι.. to be jealous because.., Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους, πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους, vie emulously with, rival, Refs 5th c.BC+
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+; περὶ τῶν καλῶν contend in rivalry for, Refs 1st c.AD+; περὶ τὴν θήραν, δεῖπνα, Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. πρὸς τὴν πόλιν show patriotic zeal for.., Refs 4th c.BC+
II with infinitive, strive eagerly to do a thing, endeavour earnestly, aspire, οἳ πάνυ ἂν φιλοτιμηθεῖεν φίλῳ σοι χρῆσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.; φιλοτιμούμενοι ἐπιδείκνυσθαιπρὸς ἅπαντας Refs 5th c.BC+: with participle, φ. ἐλέγχων Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative et infinitive, to be anxious that.., Refs 3rd c.BC+
III with dative of things, present with a thing, χρήμασί τινας see reading in Refs 6th c.AD+: but with accusative of things, lavish upon, τινί τι Refs 5th c.AD+
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.
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 it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| filotimonōφιλοτιμούμεθα | happening now · wepresent middle or passive indicative 1st person plural | have as … ambition | 1× |
| filotimorōφιλοτιμεῖσθαι | happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive | aspire | 1× |
| filotimorōntonφιλοτιμούμενον | happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative singular masculine | make … ambition | 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | filotimomō | filotimome | filotimomē | filotimomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | filotimosō | filotimose | filotimosē | filotimoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | filotimotō | filotimote | filotimotē | filotimotelē |
| we 1st person plural | filotimonō1×φιλοτιμούμεθα | filotimone | filotimonē | filotimonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | filotimovō | filotimove | filotimovē | filotimovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | filotimolō | filotimole | filotimolē | filotimolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | filotimomeiō | filotimomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | filotimoseiō | filotimoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | filotimoteiō | filotimoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | filotimoneiō | filotimoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | filotimoveiō | filotimoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | filotimoleiō | filotimoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | filotimosōr | filotimosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | filotimotōr | filotimotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | filotimovōr | filotimovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | filotimolōr | filotimolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | filotimomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | filotimosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | filotimotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | filotimonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | filotimovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | filotimoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | filotimorō1×φιλοτιμεῖσθαι | filotimorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | filotimorōntos1× | filotimorēntos |
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
filotim 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
filotimonō“have as … ambition”happening now · wepresent middle or passive indicative 1st person plural1×
2 Corinthians 5:9“have as … ambition”dio kai filotimonō, eite endēmarōntois eite ekdēmarōntois, euarestois auto …… to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.
filotimorō“aspire”happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive1×
1 Thessalonians 4:11kai filotimorō hēsuchazarō kai prassarō teim idieim kai …and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to …
filotimorōnton“make … ambition”happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative singular masculine1×
Romans 15:20“make … ambition”houtōs de filotimorōnton euangelizorō ouk hopou onomazita Christos, hina …… aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would …