The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πολυτελής

Lemmaπολυτελής
Citation formπολυτελής, ές
Part of speechadjective
Glossvery costly, very precious
Strong’sG4185
Transliterationpolytelḗs
Definitionextremely expensive
KJV glosses:--costly, very precious, of great price.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences3

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
πολυτελεῖ
adjective, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-)1 Timothy 2:9
πολυτελές
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-)1 Peter 3:4
πολυτελοῦς
adjective, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Mark 14:3

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: πολυτελης.