φιλοπρωτεύω

philoprōteuō

to love to be first

Strong’s G5383Verb1 time in the New Testament (critical text)

loving to be first1

In the text

3 John 1:9φιλοπρωτεύων
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.

φιλο-πρωτιύω
(φιλόπρωτος, Plut., al.)
to strive to be first: III Jn 9 (eccl.).†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.