Polutimos πολύτιμος

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Polutimos
πολύτιμος
Transliterationpolutimos
Strong's numberG4186
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glossvaluable
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (1)

Polutimos (Greek πολύτιμος, Strong's G4186) is a Greek adjective meaning “valuable”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

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)

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

Translated as

KJVgreat price (1), costly (1)
BSBvery precious (1), expensive (1), more precious (1)

Verses

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

Matthew

John

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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