Definition

friendly towards, i.e. acceptable

Etymology

from a presumed compound of G4314 (πρός) and G5368 (φιλέω);

Word family

• πρός prós
• φιλέω philéō

How the KJV renders it

• lovely

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.