Ambitious

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Ambitious [1]

am - bish´us ( φιλοτιμέομαι , philotiméomaı̄ , "to be strongly desirous," "strive earnestly," "make it one's aim"): Given as a marginal reading in  Romans 15:20 ("being ambitious to bring good tidings"),   2 Corinthians 5:9 ("We are ambitious, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him"), and   1 Thessalonians 4:11 ("that ye be ambitious to be quiet").

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