φιλοτιμέομαιphilotiméomai
GreekG53893 occurrences (KJV)
to be fond of honor, i.e. emulous (eager or earnest to do something)
KJV renders it: labour, strive, study
Where it appears
- Rom 15:20yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.
- 2 Cor 5:9Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
- 1 Th 4:11and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.