polutimos

Strong’sG4186

of great value

stem polutim-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

* πολύτιμος, -ον

(< πολύς, τιμή),

1. much revered (Menand.).

2. very costly, very precious: Mt 13:46 26:7 (βαρύτιμος, WH), Jo 12:3; comparat., I Pe 1:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4186 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpol-oot'-ee-mos

extremely valuable

Fromfrom G4183 and G5092;

King Jamesvery costly, of great price.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

πολῠτῑμ-ος, ον,
(τιμή) much-revered, θεοί Refs 4th c.BC+
II highly priced, μουσοεργός Refs 5th c.BC+; very costly, Refs 2nd c.AD+. adverb -μωςRefs 2nd c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

expensive1×of great value1×precious1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	polutimos	polutimas	polutimem	polutimois	polutimais	polutimeim
object accusative	polutimon1×πολύτιμον	polutiman		polutimoin	polutimain
direct address vocative	polutimor	polutimar		polutimoir	polutimair
of, belonging to genitive	polutimou	polutimau1×πολυτίμου	polutimeu	polutimoiu	polutimaiu	polutimeiu
to, for dative	polutimo	polutima	polutime	polutimoi	polutimai	polutimei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

polutimstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

polutim is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

polutimon“of great value”objectaccusative singular1×

Matthew 13:46“of great value”heuriskarantos de henon polutimon margariton apercharantos pipraskatē panteim hoseim echate …When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought …

polutimau“expensive”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

John 12:3… Mariam labarantas litran mureu nardau pistikau polutimau aleifata toin podoin tou Iēsu kai …… Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and …

polutimoterem1×

1 Peter 1:7hina tem dokimiem vu tau pistiau polutimoterem chrusieu teu apolorōnteu dia pureu de …… proven character of your faith — more precious than gold, which perishes even though …