verb

filotimemō

Greekφιλοτιμέομαι (filotimeomai)

Strong’sG5389

I desire very strongly

stem filotim-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 forms occur

Translated as

aspire1×have as … ambition1×make … ambition1×

What it means

** φιλοτιμέομαι, -οῦμαι

(< φίλος, τιμή), [in LXX: IV Mac 1:35 A;]

to love or seek after honour, hence, to be ambitious, emulous (Plat., Plut., al.): c. inf., Ro 15:20, II Co 5:9, I Th 4:11.†

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

Saidfil-ot-im-eh'-om-ahee

to be fond of honor, i.e. emulous (eager or earnest to do something)

Frommiddle voice from a compound of G5384 and G5092;

King Jameslabour, strive, study.

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
filotimenōφιλοτιμούμεθα	happening now · wepresent middle indicative 1st person plural	have as … ambition	1×
filotimerōφιλοτιμεῖσθαι	happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle infinitive	aspire	1×
filotimerōtonφιλοτιμούμενον	happening now · objectpresent middle 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 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	filotimemō	filotimeme	filotimemi	filotimema	filotimemē	filotimemelē
you 2nd person singular	filotimesō	filotimese	filotimesi	filotimesa	filotimesē	filotimeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	filotimetō	filotimete	filotimeti	filotimeta	filotimetē	filotimetelē
we 1st person plural	filotimenō1×φιλοτιμούμεθα	filotimene	filotimeni	filotimena	filotimenē	filotimenelē
ye 2nd person plural	filotimevō	filotimeve	filotimevi	filotimeva	filotimevē	filotimevelē
they 3rd person plural	filotimelō	filotimele	filotimeli	filotimela	filotimelē	filotimelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	filotimemeiō	filotimemeia	filotimemeiē
you 2nd person singular	filotimeseiō	filotimeseia	filotimeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	filotimeteiō	filotimeteia	filotimeteiē
we 1st person plural	filotimeneiō	filotimeneia	filotimeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	filotimeveiō	filotimeveia	filotimeveiē
they 3rd person plural	filotimeleiō	filotimeleia	filotimeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	filotimesōr	filotimesar	filotimesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	filotimetōr	filotimetar	filotimetēr
ye 2nd person plural	filotimevōr	filotimevar	filotimevēr
they 3rd person plural	filotimelōr	filotimelar	filotimelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	filotimemoiō	filotimemoia
you 2nd person singular	filotimesoiō	filotimesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	filotimetoiō	filotimetoia
we 1st person plural	filotimenoiō	filotimenoia
ye 2nd person plural	filotimevoiō	filotimevoia
they 3rd person plural	filotimeloiō	filotimeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	filotimerō1×φιλοτιμεῖσθαι	filotimeri	filotimera	filotimerē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	filotimerōtos1×	filotimeritos	filotimeratos	filotimerētos

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

filotimstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

filotimenō“have as … ambition”happening now · wepresent middle indicative 1st person plural1×

2 Corinthians 5:9“have as … ambition”dio kai filotimenō, eite endēmarōtois eite ekdēmarōtois, euarestois auto arō.So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.

filotimerō“aspire”happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle infinitive1×

1 Thessalonians 4:11“aspire”kai filotimerō hēsuchazarō kai prassarō teim idieim kai ergazerō tai cheirai vu, kathōs vi parangellana,and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

filotimerōton“make … ambition”happening now · objectpresent middle participle accusative singular masculine1×

Romans 15:20“make … ambition”houtōs de filotimerōton euangelizerō ouk hopou onomazita Christos, hina mē epi allotrion themelion oikodomameiō,In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.