Strong's G5389

φιλοτιμέομαι

Transliteration

philotiméomai

Definition

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

KJV usage

labour, strive, study

Derivation

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

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.