UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Constructions: φιλοτιμέομαι; φιλέω; τιμάω

Sense 1: to aspire to, to make something one’s ambition to

Semantic entry: 25.78

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Be Eager, Be Earnest, In a Devoted Manner

Definition: to earnestly aspire to something, implying strong ambition for some goal

Notes: An equivalent of φιλοτιμεῖσθαι ἡσυχάζειν in RV TH1 4:11 · LV TH1 4:11 · Read together TH1 4:11 may be in some languages ‘do everything you can to live the quiet life.’

ROM 15:20: RV ROM 15:20 · LV ROM 15:20 · Read together ROM 15:20

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OET-RV ROM 15:20

20 I was eager to be preaching the good message wherever Messiah wasn’t known about, so that I wouldn’t be building on someone else’s foundations,

OET-LV ROM 15:20

20 and thus being _ambitious to _be _good _message _preaching, not where was _named chosen _one /messiah, in _order _that not on anothers foundation I _may _be _building,

CO2 5:9: RV CO2 5:9 · LV CO2 5:9 · Read together CO2 5:9

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OET-RV CO2 5:9

9 so that’s why we’re ambitious to please the master, whether we’re still in these bodily homes or absent from them.

OET-LV CO2 5:9

9 Therefore also we _are _being _ambitious, whether being _at _home or being _absent, well _pleasing to _him to _be.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 15:20 · LV ROM 15:20 · Read together ROM 15:20

CO2: RV CO2 5:9 · LV CO2 5:9 · Read together CO2 5:9

TH1: RV TH1 4:11 · LV TH1 4:11 · Read together TH1 4:11

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

φιλοτιμέομαι

Form 1

Sense 1: to aspire to, to make something one’s ambition to