φιλοπρωτεύωphiloprōteúō
GreekG53831 occurrences (KJV)
to be fond of being first, i.e. ambitious of distinction
KJV renders it: love to have the preeminence
Where it appears
- 3 Jn 1:9I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.