Strong’s G5383 · Greek
φιλοπρωτεύω
philoprōteúō · fil-op-rote-yoo'-o
Origin from a compound of φίλος (G5384) and πρῶτος (G4413);
Meaning to be fond of being first, i.e. ambitious of distinction
In the King James Version love to have the preeminence.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- 3 John 1:9I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.