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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4185 - πολυτελής

Transliteration

polytelḗs

Phonetics

pol-oo-tel-ace'

Origin

from (G4183) and (G5056)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

precious
1. requiring very great outlay, very costly
2. excellent, of surpassing value

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3368 ‑ יָקָר (yaw‑kawr'); 3800 ‑ כֶּתֶם (keh'‑them); 6320 ‑ פּוּךְ (pook); 6443 ‑ פָּנִי (paw‑neen', paw‑nee');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Mark 1

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

BSB (3)

Mark 1

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

CSB (3)

Mark 1

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

ESV (3)

Mark 1

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

KJV (3)

Mark 1

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

Mark 2

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

N95 (4)

Mark 2

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

NAS (4)

Mark 2

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

NLT (3)

Mark 1

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

WEB (3)

Mark 1

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

YLT (3)

Mark 1

1 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

ASV (3)

costly 1

of great price 1

very costly 1

BSB (3)

expensive 1

of expensive 1

precious 1

CSB (3)

expensive 2

valuable 1

ESV (3)

costly 2

precious 1

KJV (3)

costly 1

precious 1

price 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

costly 2

precious 1

very 1

N95 (4)

costly 2

precious 1

very 1

NAS (4)

expensive 2

precious 1

very 1

NLT (3)

expensive 2

precious 1

WEB (3)

expensive 1

very costly 1

very precious 1

YLT (3)

of great price 2

very precious 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

ANT

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

BEZ

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

BGB

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

BMT

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

BYZ

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

ELZ

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

NA26

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

SBL

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

SCV

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

STV

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

TIS

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

TRG

A-DSM 1

A-GSF 1

A-NSN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πολυ-τελής, ές,

( τέλος )

very expensive, costly, opp. εὐτελής, οἰκίη Hdt. 4.79; τράπεζα Democr. 210; παρακομιδή Th. 7.28; ζῶναι Pl. Hp.Mi. 368c; παρασκευαί X. Hier. 1.20 ( Comp. ); π. νεκρός honoured with a costly funeral, Men. Per.Fr. 2; λίθοι, λιθεία, precious stones, OGI 90.34 (Rosetta, ii B.C. ), 132 (Egypt, ii B.C. ): generally, valuable, -εστάτην τὴν τοῦ ὁρᾶν . . δύναμιν ἐδημιούργησεν Pl. R. 507c; -έστατον ζῷον, v.l. for πολυφρονέστατον, Euryph. ap. Stob. 4.39.27.

II of persons, lavish, extravagant, coupled with ἄσωτος, Men. 615; γυνὴ π. ἐστ' ὀχληρόν Id. 325.7; ἑταίρα π. Id. 824; π. τῷ βίῳ Antiph. 80.5 . Adv. -λῶς Eup. 335, Lys. 7.31, X. Mem. 3.11.4: Sup., τὰ -λέστατα in the costliest manner, Hdt. 2.87 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πολυτελής, 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.))

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πολυτελής , -ές

(<πολύς , τέλος ),

[in LXX for H3368, etc.;]

very costly, very precious, of great value: Mark 14:3, 1 Timothy 2:9; metaph., 1 Peter 3:4.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";give a lead to"; : cf. BGU IV. 1193.11 (B.C. 8) προήγε (= η)μαι τὴν [τού ]τ [ων ] ἐπίδοσιν ποήσεσθαι. In P Lips I. 63.6 (A.D. 388) παρὰ τοῦ προηγησαμένου Εὐσεβίου —the reference is to the immediately preceding praeses (see Wilcken Archiv iv. p. 226 f.). Cf. Syll 737 (= .8 1109).87 (A.D. 178) ψήφῳ οἱ ἰόβακχοι κρεινέτωσαν προηγουμένου τοῦ ἱερέως. For the otherwise unknown use of the verb in Romans 12:10 in the sense of ";account others better than or superior to oneself,"; a partial parallel may be found in the use of the simplex in Chrest. I. 116.4 (ii/iii A.D.) ἡγοῦ μάλιστα τοὺς πατρῴους καὶ σέ [β ]ου Ἶσιν Σαρᾶπιν το [ὺς με ]γίστους τῶν [θεῶν : cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:18.

The adv. προηγουμένως, ";first of all,"; ";above all,"; may be illustrated from such passages as P Oxy XIV. 1770.4 (late iii/A.D.) προηγου ̣[μένως εὔχομε (= αι) ὑμᾶς ὑγι ̣[αίνειν, ib. 1774.4 (early iv/A.D.) προηγουμένως ἀναγκε (= αῖ)ον ἦν προσαγορεύειν σαι (l. σε) : cf. also Vett. Val. p. 264.10 προηγουμένως δὲ συνορᾶν χρὴ τὸ ὡροσκοπικὸν κέντρον. The part. προηγούμενα used as an adj. meaning ";principal"; is common in Epictetus, e.g. i. 20. 1 πᾶσα τέχνη καὶ δύναμις προηγουμένων τινῶν ἐστὶ θεωρητική, ";every art and faculty has certain principal things of which it is to take cognizance"; (Matheson).

List of Word Forms

πολυτελει πολυτελεί πολυτελεῖ πολυτελείς πολυτελες πολυτελές πολυτελή πολυτελους πολυτελούς πολυτελοῦς πολυτελών πολυτέλων polutelei poluteles polutelous polytelei polyteleî polyteles polytelés polytelous polyteloûs