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πολυτελής

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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
Gloss: 
expensive, of great worth, costly
Definition: 
expensive, costly, Mk. 14:3; 1 Tim. 2:9; of great value, very precious, 1 Pet. 3:4*

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).