# G4185 πολυτελής

πολυτελής (polytelḗs), Strong’s G4185: extremely expensive KJV: costly, very precious, of great price. Occurs 15 times.

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*polytelḗs* — extremely expensive

KJV: costly, very precious, of great price

Built from [πολύς polýs](https://besorah.bible/word/G4183) (abundant) + [τέλος télos](https://besorah.bible/word/G5056) (the point aimed at as a limit)

Occurs 15 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Mark 14:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/14?v=3) — 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…
- [1 Timothy 2:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-timothy/2?v=9) — In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not with braided…
- [1 Peter 3:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-peter/3?v=4) — but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very…
- [1 Esdras 6:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/6?v=9) — building a great new house for the Lord of hewn and costly stones, with timber laid in the walls.
- [Judith 10:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/10?v=21) — And Holofernes was resting upon his bed under the canopy, which was woven with purple, gold, emeralds, and precious…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 2:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/2?v=7) — Let’s fill ourselves with costly wine and perfumes, and let no spring flower pass us by.
- [Sirach 50:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/50?v=9) — like fire and incense in the censer, like a vessel of beaten gold adorned with all kinds of precious stones,