Quick Definition
προσφιλής, ές Adj pleasing, acceptable
Strong's Definition
friendly towards, i.e. acceptable
Derivation: from a presumed compound of G4314 (πρός) and G5368 (φιλέω);
KJV Usage: lovely
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές | φιλέω
25.97 · Attitudes and Emotions · Acceptable To, To Be Pleased With
pleasing, lovely pertaining to that which causes people to be pleased with something
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσφιλής, -és, (πρός and φιλέω), acceptable, pleasing, ΓΑ. V. lovely]: Phil. iv.8. (From [Aeschyl. and] Hdt. down; Sir. iv. 7; xx. 13.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προσφιλής prosphilēs 1x
friendly, grateful, acceptable, Phil. 4:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** προσφιλής, -ές
(< φιλέω), [in LXX: Es 5:1, Si 4:7 20:13*;]
of persons, in both act. and pass. sense (LXX, Es 5:1, Si 4:7 20:13);
of things, pleasing, agreeable (EV, lovely): Phl 4:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προσφιλής. This Pauline word (Phil 48) =“ pleasing,”’ ‘‘agreeable,”’ is used of persons in PSI IV. 361° (B.c. 251-0) πᾶσιν τοῖς Tap αὐ[τ]οῦ προσφιλής εἰμι ὅσοι αὐτὸν σέβονται, and in the torn letter BGU IV. το 35: (iii/A.D.) ὅλως π[ροσ]φιλής σου γεν[όμενος (Ὁ) . . . In a letter by Plotina, the wife of the Emperor Trajan, written in A.D. 121, she describes Trajan’s successor Hadrian as ἐμοὶ. . προσφιλεστάτω[ι] κατὰ πάντα. The adj. is common in epitaphs, e.g. Aaébe/ 3245 Avp[mA]([a] . . . προσφιλὴς χαῖρε: cf. also Vett. Val. p. 12159 περικτήσονται καὶ προσφιλεῖς γενήσονται. For the adv. cf. OGZS 3319 (mid. ii/B.c.) συντετελεκότος τὰ ἱερὰ... ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ, προσφιλῶς δὲ τῶι τε ἀδελφῶι καὶ ἡμῖγ. προσφορά. Like its verb, the subst. is used of dowry in marriage contracts, but not with the same frequency : cf. e.g. P Tebt II. 351 (ii/A.D.) προσφο(ρᾶς) οἰκί(ας) of the gift of a house from a mother to her daughter on the occasion of her marriage, and P Ryl II. 154120 (a.p. 66) ; see also Archiv iv. p. 138, and the editors’ introd. to P Ryl II. 155. In the medical P Tebt II. 272° (late ii/A.D.) mpooopa has reference to the ‘“‘increase’’ of bad symptoms, and apparently it is = “contribution ’’ in P Oxy X. 1253 (iv/A.p.), where it is associated with ἐξαγυρισμός (see also 2. 1322 (A.D. 413)): cf. the similar use of the adj. in P Tebt I. 8815 (B.c. 115-4) ἄλλο πρόσφορον (“ revenue ’’) μηθὲν ἔχειν. From a later date, P Oxy XVI. τ89833 (A.D. 587), comes the receipt for a gift of wheat paid as τὴν ἁγίαν προσφοράν to an hospital. In their note ad /. the editors point out that in Byzantine times προσφορά is = (a) ‘‘a mass or other commemorative office for the dead, and so, eventually, the προσφωνέω 5 mass itself,’ and (4) “a gift made to a church or monastery for this purpose ’’: see further the elaborate note ad P Mon eases
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προσφιλής (prosphilēs) — lovely. προσφιλ-ής, ές, (φιλέω) dear, beloved, τῶν ἡλίκων.. προσφιλεστάτῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative, dear or friendly to.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]: of things, pleasing, agreeable, ἔργον θεοῖσι π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στολή, χάρις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάσαις ἡλικίαις.. ἡ χρῆσις αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς μουσικῆς) ἐστὶ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of actions, lovely, ὅσα π. [NT] adverb -λῶς agreeably, with dative, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II. active, of persons, kindly affectioned, well-disposed, ὥς μ᾽ ἔθεσθε προσφιλῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -λῶς kindly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἡμῖν ἔχειν to be kindly affectioned to us, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -έστερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+], -εστάτως [Refs 5th c.BC+]