Quick Definition
very costly, very precious
Strong's Definition
extremely expensive
Derivation: from G4183 (πολύς) and G5056 (τέλος);
KJV Usage: costly, very precious, of great price
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πολυτελής, πολυτελές (πολύς, and τέλος cost) (from Herodotus down), precious;
a. requiring great outlay, very costly: Mar_14:3; 1Ti_2:9. (Thucydides and following; the Sept.)
b. excellent, of surpassing value (A. V. of great price): 1Pe_3:4. ((Plato, others.))
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πολυτελής polytelēs 3x
expensive, costly, Mar_14:3 ; 1Ti_2:9 ;
of great value, very precious, 1Pe_3:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πολυτελής , -ές
( <πολύς , τέλος ),
[in LXX for H3368 , etc.;]
very costly, very precious, of great value: Mar_14:3 , 1Ti_2:9 ; metaph ., 1Pe_3:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πολυτελής [page 527]
For the literal meaning precious, costly, as in Mar_14:3 , cf. PSI VI. 616 .25 (iii/B.C.) τῶν πολυτελῆ (= ῶν ) στρωμάτων , OGIS 90 .33 f. (Rosetta stone B.C. 196) τὸ Ἀπιεῖον ἔργοις πολυτελέσιν κατεσκεύασεν . . . λίθων πολυτελῶν πλῆθος οὐκ ὀλίγον , ib. 132 .7 (B.C. 130) ἐπὶ τὴν συνα [γω ]γὴν τῆς πολυτ [ε ]λοῦς λιθείας , and Syll .3 783 .41 (after B.C. 27) μετὰ πάσης δαπάνης πολυτελοῦς .
For the comp. cf. PSI IV. 418 .19 (iii/B.C.) εἴ σοι ἡμῶν πολυτελέστερον τὸ τριβώνιον φαίνεται εἶναι , ὀθόνιόν τι ἡμῖν σύνταξον δοῦναι , if our old cloak seems to you rather precious, give orders that a piece of linen cloth be given to us. The subst. πολυτέλεια occurs in OGIS 383 .69 (mid. i/B.C.) εἰς θυσιῶν πολυτέλειαν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πολυτελής πολυ^-τελής, ές [Etym: τέλος] "very expensive, very costly", opp. to εὐτελής, Hdt. , Thuc. , etc. of persons, "spending much, lavish, extravagant", Menand., etc.: —adv. -λῶς, Xen. ; Sup. -λέστατα, "in the costliest manner", Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πολυτελής, -ές
(πολύς, τέλος) [in LXX for יָקָר, etc. ;]
very costly, very precious, of great value: Mrk.14:3, 1Ti.2:9; metaphorically, 1Pe.3:4.†
(AS)