Gloss
expensive, of great worth, costly
Forms of the word
Dictionary
πολυτελής, ές
Greek transliteration
polytelēs
Simplified transliteration
polyteles
Numbers
Strong's number
4185
GK Number
4500
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-4a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for πολυτελής
| Mark 14:3 | And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table, there came a woman with an alabaster flask of very (polytelous | πολυτελοῦς | gen sg fem) costly (polytelous | πολυτελοῦς | gen sg fem) anointment of pure nard; and breaking the flask, she poured it over his head. |
| 1 Timothy 2:9 | Likewise, I also desire that the women should adorn themselves in respectable attire, with modesty and moderation, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly (polytelei | πολυτελεῖ | dat sg masc) clothing, |
| 1 Peter 3:4 | but let it be the inner person of the heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which in the sight of God is precious (polyteles | πολυτελές | nom sg neut). |
