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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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φιλοτιμέομαι

Strong’s: G5389

Associated OET lemmas: φιλοτιμέομαι

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 OET TH1 4:11 may be in some languages ‘do everything you can to live the quiet life.’

Show passage in OET: ROM 15:20

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,
Show passage in OET: CO2 5:9

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.

Jump to OET ROM 15:20 section.

Jump to OET CO2 5:9 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: OET ROM 15:20

CO2: OET CO2 5:9

TH1: OET TH1 4:11