Strong’s Greek
G5383 — philoproteuo
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
φιλοπρωτεύω
philoproteuo — pronounced fil-op-rote-yoo'-o
from a compound of 5384 and 4413; to be fond of being first, i.e. ambitious of distinction:--love to have the preeminence. see GREEK for 5384 see GREEK for 4413
1 occurrence in the KJV.
3 John 1:9
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.