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G5383

φιλοπρωτεύω

philoprōteuō

Verb · From a compound of φίλος (G5384) and πρῶτος (G4413)

From a compound of G5384 and G4413; to be fond of being first, i.e. ambitious of distinction:—love to have the preeminence.

Outline

  1. to aspire to pre-eminence, to desire to be first

Usages

3 John 1:9

I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

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