Strong G4185πολυτελής
valuable
- Transliteration
- polutelēs
- Pronunciation
- pol-oo-tel-ace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
πολυτελής, -ές
(πολύς, τέλος) [in LXX for יָקָר, etc.;]
very costly, very precious, of great value: Mrk.14:3, 1Ti.2:9; metaphorically, 1Pe.3:4.†
(AS)
(πολύς, τέλος) [in LXX for יָקָר, etc.;]
very costly, very precious, of great value: Mrk.14:3, 1Ti.2:9; metaphorically, 1Pe.3:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4185 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- costly1
- precious1
- price1
First verses
- Mark 14:3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
- 1 Timothy 2:9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
- 1 Peter 3:4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πολυ-τελής, ές,
(τέλος) very expensive, costly, opposed to εὐτελής, οἰκίη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79; τράπεζα 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 210; παρακομιδή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28; ζῶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 368c; παρασκευαί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.20 (_comparative_))]; π. νεκρός honoured with a costly funeral, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Per.fragment” 2)]; λίθοι, λιθεία, precious stones, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 90.34 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC), 132 (Egypt, 2nd c.BC))]: generally, valuable, -εστάτην τὴν τοῦ ὁρᾶν.. δύναμιν ἐδημιούργησεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507c)]; -έστατον ζῷον, variant for{πολυφρονέστατον}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (Euryphamus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.39.27.)]
II of persons, lavish, extravagant, coupled with ἄσωτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 615; γυνὴ π. ἐστ᾽ ὀχληρόν [prev. author] 325.7; ἑταίρα π. [prev. author] 824; π. τῷ βίῳ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 80.5)]. adverb -λῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 335, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.4)]: superlative, τὰ -λέστατα in the costliest manner, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.87.)]
(τέλος) very expensive, costly, opposed to εὐτελής, οἰκίη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79; τράπεζα 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 210; παρακομιδή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28; ζῶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 368c; παρασκευαί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.20 (_comparative_))]; π. νεκρός honoured with a costly funeral, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Per.fragment” 2)]; λίθοι, λιθεία, precious stones, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 90.34 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC), 132 (Egypt, 2nd c.BC))]: generally, valuable, -εστάτην τὴν τοῦ ὁρᾶν.. δύναμιν ἐδημιούργησεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507c)]; -έστατον ζῷον, variant for{πολυφρονέστατον}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (Euryphamus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.39.27.)]
II of persons, lavish, extravagant, coupled with ἄσωτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 615; γυνὴ π. ἐστ᾽ ὀχληρόν [prev. author] 325.7; ἑταίρα π. [prev. author] 824; π. τῷ βίῳ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 80.5)]. adverb -λῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 335, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.4)]: superlative, τὰ -λέστατα in the costliest manner, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.87.)]