G5383
φιλοπρωτεύω
to love to be first
φιλο-πρωτιύω (φιλόπρωτος, Plut., al.) to strive to be first: III Jn 9 (eccl.).† (AS)
The KJV translates G5383 in the following manner:
preeminence (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
φιλοπρωτεύω — philoprōteúō
φιλοπρωτεύω; (φιλόπρωτος, fond of being first, striving after the first place; from φίλος and πρῶτος: Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 32; Plutarch (Alcib. 2, 2); mor., p. 471 e. (i. e. de tranquil. an. 12; p. 793 e. i. e. an seni sit etc. 18, 8)); to aspire after pre-eminence, to desire to be first: 3Jn 1:9. (Several times in ecclesiastical writings.)
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