Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
superl.) Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
2. (superl.) Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.
3. (superl.) Loving; tender.
4. (superl.) Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody.
5. (adv.) In a manner to please, or to excite love.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
LOVELYluv'-li ('ahabh, 'ahebh; prosphiles): "Lovely" occurs only 4 times. In 2 Samuel 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" (Songs 5:16, "He is altogether lovely," that is, "lovable," "to be desired," literally, "all of him lovableness," or "desirableness"); `aghabhim "loves," or "charms" (Ezekiel 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 Philippians 4:8 we have prosphiles, "very lovely," or "lovable," "whatsoever things are lovely."
W. L. Walker
Greek
4375. prosphiles -- pleasing, agreeable ... Phil 4:8). Word Origin from pros and phileo Definition pleasing, agreeable
NASB Word Usage
lovely (1).
lovely. From a presumed compound
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4375.htm - 7k791. asteios -- of the town, by impl. courteous, elegant
... Word Origin from astu (a city) Definition of the town, by impl. courteous, elegant
NASB Word Usage beautiful (1), lovely (1). handsome, fair. ...
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2570. kalos -- beautiful, good
... 2570 -- ; () others to embrace what is lovely (beautiful, praiseworthy);
ie done so as to be winsome (appealing). Word Origin a prim. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
5276. naem -- to be pleasant, delightful, or lovely... naem. 5277 . to be pleasant, delightful, or
lovely. Transliteration: naem Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-ame') Short Definition: pleasant. Word Origin a prim.
... /hebrew/5276.htm - 6k 4261. machmad -- desire, desirable thing
... valuable (1). beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant thing. From chamad;
delightful; hence, a delight, ie Object of affection ...
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5000. naveh -- comely, seemly
... 4999, 5000. naveh. 5001 . comely, seemly. Transliteration: naveh Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-veh') Short Definition: lovely. Word Origin ...
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5690. agab -- (sensuous) love
... much love, very lovely. From agab; love (concretely), ie Amative words -- much love,
very lovely. see HEBREW agab. 5689, 5690. agab. 5691 . Strong's Numbers
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4998. naah -- to be comely or befitting
... 4997, 4998. naah. 4999 . to be comely or befitting. Transliteration: naah Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-aw') Short Definition: lovely. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5273a. naim -- pleasant, delightful
... Word Origin from naem Definition pleasant, delightful NASB Word Usage compliments*
(1), lovely (1), pleasant (7), pleasures (2). 5273, 5273a. naim. 5273b . ...
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5116. naveh -- abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation
... Or (feminine) navah {naw-vaw'}; from navah; (adjectively) at home; hence (by
implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men ...
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3039. yadid -- beloved
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition beloved NASB Word Usage beloved (5),
lovely (1), well-beloved (2). amiable, well-beloved, loves. ...
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Library
Christ Altogether Lovely
Christ Altogether Lovely. <. Christ Altogether Lovely John Flavel. Table of
Contents. Title Page. Christ is to be Loved. He is "Altogether Lovely". ...
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Altogether Lovely
... Altogether Lovely. A Sermon (No.1001). ... CH SPURGEON,. At the Metropolitan Tabernacle,
Newington. "Yea, he is altogether lovely.""Song of Solomon 5:16. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/altogether lovely.htm
Lovely to a Poet or an Artist's Eye is the Unevenly-Built and ...
... II. Lovely to a poet or an artist's eye is the unevenly-built and picturesque
square of? Lovely to a poet or an artist's eye is ...
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How Lovely God Is.
... HOW LOVELY GOD IS. ... How false is everything that appears lovely in this world and
gives itself out to be something, as soon as one really begins to know it. ...
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A Lovely Carriage.
... [Supplement.] A lovely carriage. 1 O 'tis a lovely thing to see A man of prudent
heart, Whose thoughts, and lips, and life agree To act a useful part. ...
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A Lovely Carriage. Matt. 10:16
... HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS IN THREE BOOKS. HYMN 36 A lovely carriage. Matt. 10:16.
CM A lovely carriage. Matt.10:16. O 'tis a lovely thing to see. ...
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What is Meant by "Altogether Lovely"
Christ Altogether Lovely. <. ... What is Meant by "Altogether Lovely".
Let us consider this excellent expression, and particularly ...
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He is "Altogether Lovely"
Christ Altogether Lovely. <. ... He is "Altogether Lovely". Here it is
said of Jesus Christ, which cannot be said of any mere ...
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How Christ is "Altogether Lovely"
Christ Altogether Lovely. <. ... How Christ is "Altogether Lovely".
Secondly, Next I promised to show you in what respects ...
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He is Lovely in his Offices
Christ Altogether Lovely. <. ... He is Lovely in His Offices. Secondly,
He is altogether lovely in his offices: let us consider ...
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Thesaurus
Lovely (19 Occurrences)... 4. (superl.) Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand
or merely pretty; as, a
lovely view; a
lovely valley; a
lovely melody.
.../l/lovely.htm - 13kAmiable (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Lovable; lovely; pleasing. ... "What made the tabernacle of Moses lovely was
not the outside, which was very mean, but what was within" (John Gill). ...
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Iddo (14 Occurrences)
... (1.) Timely (1 Chronicles 6:21). A Gershonite Levite. (2.) Lovely. ... The father of
Ahinadab, who was one of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:14). (4.) Lovely. ...
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Loveliness (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The state or quality of being lovely.
Multi-Version Concordance Loveliness (1 Occurrence). Isaiah ...
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Lover (55 Occurrences)
... ye tell him? that I am love-sick.' (See NIV). Song of Songs 5:16 His mouth
is most sweet; yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my ...
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Gracious (106 Occurrences)
... to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as 'are' grave, as many
as 'are' righteous, as many as 'are' pure, as many as 'are' lovely, as many ...
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Instrument (45 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Psalms 84:1 For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by
the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies! (WEB). ...
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Kedar (11 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Song of Songs 1:5 I am dark, but
lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains. ...
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Kedar's (1 Occurrence)
... Kedar's (1 Occurrence). Song of Songs 1:5 I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of
Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains. (WEB). ...
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Nain (1 Occurrence)
... (from Hebrews nain, "green pastures, " "lovely"), the name of a town near the
gate of which Jesus raised to life a widow's son (Luke 7:11-17). ...
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