to aspire

Greek Verb

φιλοτιμέομαι, -οῦμαι (φίλος, τιμή), [in LXX: 4Ma.1:35 A;] to love or seek after honour, hence, to be ambitious, emulous (Plat, Plut, al.): with inf, Rom.15:20, 2Co.5:9, 1Th.4:11. (AS)

to aspire

Greek Verb

φῐλοτῑμ-έομαι, future ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, -ηθήσομαι[Refs 1st c.BC+] codices: aorist ἐφιλοτιμήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πεφιλοτίμημαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—perfect in passive sense, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: (φιλότιμος):—love or seek after honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, to be ambitious, emulous, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. ὅτι. to be jealous because, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους, πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους, vie emulously with, rival, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) the object of ambition, etc, is mostly added with a preposition, φ. ἐπί τινι to place one's fame in a thing, glory or pride oneself upon it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ τῶν καλῶν contend in rivalry for, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; περὶ τὴν θήραν, δεῖπνα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. πρὸς τὴν πόλιν show patriotic zeal for, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II) with infinitive, strive eagerly to do a thing, endeavour earnestly, aspire, οἳ πάνυ ἂν φιλοτιμηθεῖεν φίλῳ σοι χρῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc; φιλοτιμούμενοι ἐπιδείκνυσθαιπρὸς ἅπαντας [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, φ. ἐλέγχων [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, to be anxious that, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] III) with dative of things, present with a thing, χρήμασί τινας see reading in [Refs 6th c.AD+]: but with accusative of things, lavish upon, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

to be fond of honor, i.e. emulous (eager or earnest to do something); labour, strive, study; middle voice from a compound of g5384 (φίλος) and g5092 (τιμή)