ΠΡΟΣΦΙΛΗΣ, προσφιλης
PROSPHILĒS, prosphilēs
Sounds Like: PROS-fee-LEES
Translations: beloved, dear, pleasing, agreeable
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΦΙΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is dear, beloved, or pleasing. It is used to express affection or approval, indicating that the subject is agreeable or held in high regard. It can be used to describe people, things, or even concepts that are found to be desirable or acceptable.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G4375 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 11:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΦΙΛΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΣΦΙΛΕΙΣ — beloved, dear, pleasing, agreeable
- ΠΡΟΣΦΙΛΕΣ — pleasing, agreeable, lovely, a pleasing thing
- ΠΡΟΣΦΙΛΗ — beloved, dear, pleasing, agreeable, a beloved one, a dear one
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