Forms of the word

Dictionary
πολύτιμος, ον
Greek transliteration
polytimos
Simplified transliteration
polytimos

Numbers

Strong's number
4186
GK Number
4501

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-3a
Gloss
expensive, of great worth, valuable
Definition
of great price, costly, precious, Mt. 13:46; Jn. 12:3; 1 Pet. 1:7*

Greek-English Concordance for πολύτιμος

Matthew 13:46 and when he found one pearl of great value (polytimon | πολύτιμον | acc sg masc), he went away and sold all that he had and bought it.
John 12:3 Mary took more than a pint of expensive (polytimou | πολυτίμου | gen sg fem) perfume made of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
1 Peter 1:7 so that the genuineness of your faith (which is more precious (polytimoteron | πολυτιμότερον | nom sg neut comparative) than gold that perishes), having been tested by fire, may be found to your praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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