adjective

prosfilem

Greekπροσφιλής (prosfilēs)

Strong’sG4375

pleasing, acceptable

stem prosfil-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

lovely1×

What it means

** προσφιλής, -ές

(< φιλέω), [in LXX: Es 5:1, Si 4:7 20:13*;]

(a) of persons, in both act. and pass. sense (LXX, Es 5:1, Si 4:7 20:13);

(b) of things, pleasing, agreeable (EV, lovely): Phl 4:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4375 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpros-fee-lace'

friendly towards, i.e. acceptable

Fromfrom a presumed compound of G4314 and G5368;

King Jameslovely.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	prosfilos	prosfilas	prosfilem	prosfilois	prosfilais	prosfileim1×προσφιλῆ
object accusative	prosfilon	prosfilan		prosfiloin	prosfilain
direct address vocative	prosfilor	prosfilar		prosfiloir	prosfilair
of, belonging to genitive	prosfilou	prosfilau	prosfileu	prosfiloiu	prosfilaiu	prosfileiu
to, for dative	prosfilo	prosfila	prosfile	prosfiloi	prosfilai	prosfilei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

prosfilstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

prosfil is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

prosfileim“lovely”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Philippians 4:8“lovely”Tem loipem, adelfoir, hoseim atō alētheim, hoseim semneim, hoseim dikaieim, hoseim hagneim, hoseim prosfileim, hoseim eufēmeim, ei tinas aretas kai ei tinos epainos, houteim logizevōr;Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think on these things.