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Lovely:

luv'-li ('ahabh, ‘ahebh; prosphiles): "Lovely" occurs only 4 times. In 2Sa 1:23 it is the translation of ‘ahebh, "to be loved" ("Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant (the King James Version margin "sweet") in their lives"), where it seems to mean "loving" or "lovable." Two other words are so translated in the Old Testament: machmadch, "desire" a "desirable thing" (So 5:16, "He is altogether lovely," that is, "lovable," "to be desired," literally, "all of him lovableness," or "desirableness"); ‘aghabhim "loves," or "charms" (Eze 33:32, "Thou art unto them as a very lovely song," the King James Version margin "a song of loves," the Revised Version margin "a love-song"; in 33:31 the same word is translated "much love," the King James Version margin "They make loves or jests"); in Php 4:8 we have prosphiles, "very lovely," or "lovable," "whatsoever things are lovely."

Written by W. L. Walker

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g4375 Greek: prosphiles

Lovely:

"pleasing, agreeable, lovely" (pros, "toward," phileo, "to love"), occurs in Phl 4:8. In the Sept., Est 5:1 (3rd sentence).

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