φιλοτιμέομαι
philotimeomai · aspire, strive
Greek word · Strong’s number G5389 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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philotimeomai (φιλοτιμέομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “aspire, strive”.
Aspire, make it one's ambition, count it an honor to do something.
How to say it
phi·lo·ti·me·o·mai
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To strive hard, treating it as a goal of honor.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- make it our aim ×1
- make it your ambition ×1
- making it my ambition ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Romans 15:20
and so, making it my ambition to announce the good news not where the Messiah was already named, so that I would not build on another’s foundation,
- 2 Corinthians 5:9
Therefore we also make it our aim, whether at home or away, to be pleasing to him.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11
and to make it your ambition to live quietly and to attend to your own affairs and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,