Polutelēs πολυτελής

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Polutelēs
πολυτελής
Transliterationpolutelēs
Strong's numberG4185
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glossvaluable
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inMark (1)

Polutelēs (Greek πολυτελής, Strong's G4185) is a Greek adjective meaning “valuable”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVprecious (1), costly (1), price (1)
BSBexpensive (2), precious (1)

Verses

Every verse with Polutelēs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

1 Timothy

1 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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