Strong's G5389

φιλοτιμέομαι(philotiméomai)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

Definition

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

Derivation

middle voice from a compound of G5384 (φίλος) and G5092 (τιμή);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, φιλοτιμέομαι is translated as: labour, strive, study.

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.