Strong G4186πολύτιμος
valuable
- Transliteration
- polutimos
- Pronunciation
- pol-oot'-ee-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
πολύτιμος, -ον
(πολύς, τιμή)
1. much revered (Menand.).
2. very costly, very precious: Mat.13:46 26:7 (βαρύτιμος, WH), Jhn.12:3; comparat., 1Pe.1:7.†
(AS)
(πολύς, τιμή)
1. much revered (Menand.).
2. very costly, very precious: Mat.13:46 26:7 (βαρύτιμος, WH), Jhn.12:3; comparat., 1Pe.1:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4186 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- costly1
- price1
First verses
- Matthew 13:46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
- John 12:3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πολῠτῑμ-ος, ον,
(τιμή) much-revered, θεοί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 109.1.)]
II highly priced, μουσοεργός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 13)]; very costly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.35.5 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 57.9)]. adverb -μως[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.2.3 (nisi to be read -τελῶς).)]
(τιμή) much-revered, θεοί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 109.1.)]
II highly priced, μουσοεργός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 13)]; very costly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.35.5 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 57.9)]. adverb -μως[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.2.3 (nisi to be read -τελῶς).)]