G4186: πολύτιμος
polýtimos · “valuable”
Definition
extremely valuable
KJV translates it as: very costly, of great price
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4186 is translated
- very precious ×1
- of great price ×1
- more precious ×1
Bible verses with G4186 (polýtimos)
Polýtimos appears in 3 verses.
- Matthew 13:46
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
- John 12:3
Then 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.
- 1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: