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luv´li (×הב, 'aÌ„habh, ×הב, 'aÌ„heÌ„bh; Ï€ÏοσφιληÌÏ‚, prosphileÌ„Ìs): “Lovely†occurs only 4 times. In it is the translation of 'aÌ„heÌ„bh, “to be loved†(“Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant (the King James Version margin “sweetâ€) in their livesâ€), where it seems to mean “loving†or “lovable.†Two other words are so translated in the Old Testament: mahÌ£maÌ„dh, “desire†a “desirable thing†(, “He is altogether lovely,†that is, “lovable,†“to be desired,†literally, “all of him lovableness,†or “desirablenessâ€); ‛ăghaÌ„bhı̄m “loves,†or “charms†(, “Thou art unto them as a very lovely song,†the King James Version margin “a song of loves,†the Revised Version margin “a love-songâ€; in 33:31 the same word is translated “much love,†the King James Version margin “They make loves or jestsâ€); in we have prosphileÌ„s, “very lovely,†or “lovable,†“whatsoever things are lovely.â€