φιλοτιμέομαι
philotimeomai
“to aspire”
Definition
to be fond of honor, i.e. emulous (eager or earnest to do something)
middle voice from a compound of G5384 (φίλος) and G5092 (τιμή);
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Occurrences
φιλοτιμέομαι appears 3 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.
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.
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