ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΕΙΣΘΑΙ, φιλοτιμεισθαι
PHILOTIMEISTHAI, philotimeisthai
Sounds Like: fee-loh-tee-MEH-sthai
Translations: to be ambitious, to make it one's ambition, to strive eagerly, to make it one's aim, to make it one's business, to aspire
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb, formed from 'φίλος' (philos, meaning 'dear' or 'friend') and 'τιμή' (timē, meaning 'honor' or 'value'). It literally means 'to love honor' or 'to be fond of honor'. In practice, it signifies a strong desire to achieve something, often with a sense of ambition, zeal, or earnest striving. It can be used to describe someone who makes it their personal goal or business to do something.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5389 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Thessalonians — 4:11
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 15:395
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Thessalonians — 4:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΕΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΜΗΝ — I was ambitious, I strove for honor, I made it my ambition, I was eager, I made a point of
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΕΟΜΑΙ — to be ambitious, to make it one's ambition, to strive eagerly, to make it one's aim, to be zealous, to aspire
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΗΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been honored, having been ambitious, having been eager, having been zealous, having been earnest
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having been ambitious, having striven earnestly, having made it one's ambition, having been eager, having aspired, having been zealous
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having been ambitious, having been eager, having been zealous, having been honored, having been generous, having been self-sacrificing
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΥΜΕΘΑ — we make it our ambition, we strive, we aspire, we are eager
- ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — being ambitious, striving eagerly, making it one's ambition, being zealous, being eager, making it a point of honor
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