King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G4185
Transliteration: polytelēs
Phonetic Spelling: (pol-oo-tel-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: very costly
Meaning: very costly
πολυτελής, πολυτελές (πολύς, and τέλος cost) (from Herodotus down), precious;
Word Summary
polytelēs: very costly
Original Word: πολυτελήςTransliteration: polytelēs
Phonetic Spelling: (pol-oo-tel-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: very costly
Meaning: very costly
Strong's Concordance
costly, very precious, of great price. From polus and telos; extremely expensive -- costly, very precious, of great price.
see GREEK polus
see GREEK telos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4185: πολυτελήςπολυτελής, πολυτελές (πολύς, and τέλος cost) (from Herodotus down), precious;
a. requiring great outlay, very costly: Mark 14:3; 1 Timothy 2:9. (Thucydides and following; the Sept.)
b. excellent, of surpassing value (A. V. of great price): 1 Peter 3:4. ((Plato, others.))