Bible dictionaries
Costliness
What Bible dictionaries say about “Costliness”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Costliness - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
COSTLINESS, n. [See Costly.] Expensiveness; great cost, or expense; sumptuousness. Revelations 18:19.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
kost'-li-nes (timiotes, "preciousness," "an abundance of costly things"): Found only in Re 18:19, "made rich by reason of her costliness."
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915