πολύτιμος
polytimos · very costly
Greek word · Strong’s number G4186 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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polytimos (πολύτιμος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “very costly”.
Of great value.
How to say it
po·ly·ti·mos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Worth a great deal.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- more precious ×1
- very costly ×1
- very valuable ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 13:46
and finding one very valuable pearl, he went away and sold all that he had and bought it.
- John 12:3
Then Mary took a litra of perfume, pure nard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
- 1 Peter 1:7
so that the testing of your faith, more precious than gold that perishes though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus the Messiah;