Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
polytimos
Simplified transliteration
polytimos
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. |