What does φιλοπρωτεύω (philoprōteúō) mean in the Bible?
φιλοπρωτεύω (philoprōteúō): Ambition to hold first rank or precedence; desire for prominence and leadership authority.
Greek · G5383
φιλοπρωτεύω
To love to be first
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φιλοπρωτεύω G5383
Pronunciation philoprōteúō
What does φιλοπρωτεύω (philoprōteúō) mean in the Bible?
φιλοπρωτεύω (philoprōteúō): Ambition to hold first rank or precedence; desire for prominence and leadership authority.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5383?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include loves to be first (1).
Where does φιλοπρωτεύω (philoprōteúō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 3 John 1:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 3 John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It loves to be first 1× 3 John 1:9
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Usage map
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First aligned row 3 John 1:9
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
3 John 1
Source forms
φιλοπρωτεύων 1x philoprōteuōn 3 John 1:9
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x 3 John 1:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Ambition to hold first rank or precedence; desire for prominence and leadership authority.
Strong's G5383
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 3 John 1:9 Source Gloss
to love to be first
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Ambition to hold first rank or precedence; desire for prominence and leadership authority.
(φιλόπρωτος, Plut., al.) to strive to be first: III Jn 9 (eccl.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
3 John 1:9 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
φιλοπρωτεύων filoprwteuwn
I desire preeminence
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Present Voices Active
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Active 3 John 1:9 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Diotrephes' desire for preeminence and leadership in the church community
Word Origins
φιλοπρωτεύω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain