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Koine Greek wordlink #122308

SR GNT 2 Cor 5:9 φιλοτιμούμεθα (filotimoumetha) ‘therefore also we are being_ambitious whether being_at_home or’ Strongs=53890 Lemma=filotimeomai
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=middle person=1st number=plural
Year=60 AD Refers to Word #122231

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Only use of identical word form φιλοτιμούμεθα (V-IPM1··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘φιλοτιμούμεθα’ (V-IPM1··P) is always and only glossed as ‘we are being_ambitious’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘filotimeomai’ have 3 different glosses: ‘to_be being_ambitious’, ‘we are being_ambitious’, ‘being_ambitious’.

Greek words (2) other than φιλοτιμούμεθα (V-IPM1··P) with a gloss related to ‘being_ambitious’

ROM 15:20 φιλοτιμούμενον (filotimoumenon) V-PPM·AMS ‘thus and being_ambitious to_be good_message_preaching not where’ SR GNT Rom 15:20 word 3

OET-LV: 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, (ROM_15:20)

OET-RV: 20 I was enthusiastic to be preaching the good message wherever Messiah wasn’t known about so that I wouldn’t be building on other’s foundations, (ROM 15:20)

1 TH 4:11 φιλοτιμεῖσθαι (filotimeisthai) V-NPM···· ‘and to_be being_ambitious to_be living_quietly and to_be doing’ SR GNT 1 Th 4:11 word 2

OET-LV: 11 and to _be _being _ambitious to _be _living _quietly and to _be _doing your own things, and to _be _working with _your own hands of _you _all, as to _you _all we _commanded, (TH1_4:11)

OET-RV: 11 and to make it your ambition to live quietly and to look after your own selves. Work with your own hands as we instructed you, (TH1 4:11)

Key: V=verb