Prosphiles means “lovely” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4375 — makpelah (“Machpelah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4375 προσφιλής (prosphiles) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. prosphiles (pros-fee-lace') adj. 1. friendly towards, i.e. acceptable [from a presumed compound of G4314 and G5368] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include lovely. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
prosphiles (pros-fee-lace') adj. 1. friendly towards, i.e. acceptable [from a presumed compound of G4314 and G5368] KJV: lovely Root(s): G4314, G5368
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4375. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
lovely
Usage: προσφιλής, -ές (φιλέω), [in LXX: Est.5:1, Sir.4:7 20:13 * ;] __(a) of persons, in both act, and pass. sense (LXX, ll. with); __(b) of things, pleasing, agreeable (EV, lovely): Php.4:8.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render prosphiles, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4375 (προσφιλής) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Get thyself the love of the congregation, And bow thy head to a great man.
A wise man by his words maketh himself beloved: But the graces of fools shall be poured out.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4375.
And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Get thyself the love of the congregation, And bow thy head to a great man.
A wise man by his words maketh himself beloved: But the graces of fools shall be poured out.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4375, grouped by book.
Prosphiles (Strong's G4375) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lovely". prosphiles (pros-fee-lace') adj. 1. friendly towards, i.e. acceptable [from a presumed compound of G4314 and G5368]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G4375 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4375 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lovely. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4375, with linked reader references where each row is available.