Quick Definition
πολυτελής, ές Adj very costly, very precious
Strong's Definition
from 4183 and 5056; extremely expensive
KJV Usage: costly, very precious, of great price
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πολυτελής, -€s, (πολύς, and τέλος cost), [from Hat. down], precious ; a. requiring great outlay, very costly: Mk. xiv. 3; 1 Tim.ii. 9. (Thue. et sqq.; Sept.) b. excellent, of surpassing value, [A. V. of great price]: 1 Pet. iii. 4. [(Plat., al.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πολυτελής polytelēs 3x
expensive, costly, Mk. 14:3; 1 Tim. 2:9; of great value, very precious, 1 Pet. 3:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πολυτελής, -ές
(< πολύς, τέλος), [in LXX for יָקָר, etc.;]
very costly, very precious, of great value: Mk 14:3, I Ti 2:9; metaph., I Pe 3:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πολυτελής. For the literal meaning ‘‘ precious,” “ costly,” as in Mk 148, cf. PSI VI. 616?° (ii1/B.c.) τῶν πολυτελῆί -- dv) στρωμάτων, OG/S go*ft (Rosetta stone—B.c. 196) τὸ ᾿Απιεῖον ἔργοις πολυτελέσιν κατεσκεύασεν... λίθων πολυτελῶν πλῆθος οὐκ ὀλίγον 26. 1327 (B.C. 130) ἐπὶ τὴν συνα[γω]γὴν τῆς πολυτί εἸλοῦς λιθείας, and Sy//$ 783" (alter B.c. 27) μετὰ πάσης δαπάνης πολυτελοῦς. For the comp. cf. PSI IV. 418!* (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. πολντέλεια occurs in OG/S 3835) (mid. i/B.C.) els θυσιῶν πολυτέλειαν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πολυτελής (polutelēs) — valuable. πολυ-τελής, ές, (τέλος) very expensive, costly, opposed to εὐτελής, οἰκίη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. νεκρός honoured with a costly funeral, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λίθοι, λιθεία, precious stones, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: generally, valuable, -εστάτην τὴν τοῦ ὁρᾶν.. δύναμιν ἐδημιούργησεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -έστατον ζῷον, variant for{πολυφρονέστατον}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
II. of persons, lavish, extravagant, coupled with ἄσωτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb -λῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative, τὰ -λέστατα in the costliest manner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]