"Lovely" occurs only 4 times. In 2Sa 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" (So 5:16, "He is altogether lovely," that is, "lovable," "to be desired," literally, "all of him lovableness," or "desirableness"); `aghabhim "loves," or "charms" (Eze 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 Php 4:8 we have prosphiles, "very lovely," or "lovable," "whatsoever things are lovely."