Lexicon entry · Greek
G4185πολυτελήςpolutelēs
valuablePart of speech: Greek Adjective
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While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard-- very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
πολυτελοῦς. polutelous “of great price.”
In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;
πολυτελεῖ, polutelei “costly,”
but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.
πολυτελές. poluteles “of great worth.”