Philoprōteúō — G5383

Definition

verb

to be fond of being first, i.e. ambitious of distinction

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

Usually translated as

love to have the preeminence

Origin

from a compound of G5384 and G4413

• phílos (G5384)
• prōtos (G4413)

Occurrences

Philoprōteúō occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 3 John (1)

• 3 John 1:9 — I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence (φιλοπρωτεύων) among them, receiveth us not.