Dictionary entry

φιλοτιμέομαι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** φιλοτιμέομαι, -οῦμαι

(< φίλος, τιμή), [in LXX: IV Mac 1:35 A;]

to love or seek after honour, hence, to be ambitious, emulous (Plat., Plut., al.): c. inf., Ro 15:20, II Co 5:9, I Th 4:11.†