Quick Definition
πολύτιμος, ον Adj of great value
Strong's Definition
from 4183 and 5092; extremely valuable
KJV Usage: very costly, of great price
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πολύτιμος, -ov, (πολύς, τιμή), very valuable, of great price : Mt. xiii. 46; xxvi. 7 LT Trmrg.; Jn. xii. 3; compar. πολυτιμότερον, 1 Pet. i. 7, where Rec. πολὺ τιμιώτερον. (Plut. Pomp. 5; Hdian. 1, 17,5[3 ed. Bekk.]; Anthol., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πολύτιμος polytimos 3x
of great price, costly, precious, Mt. 13:46; Jn. 12:3; 1 Pet. 1:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* πολύτιμος, -ον
(< πολύς, τιμή),
much revered (Menand.).
very costly, very precious: Mt 13:46 26:7 (βαρύτιμος, WH), Jo 12:3; comparat., I Pe 1:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πολύτιμος. P Oxy VIII. 1121 (a.p. 295) αἰσθῆτι πολυτειμοτάτῃ, “some very costly clothes.” The meaning ‘‘ much revered ” Ἴδη xaipé μοι, ὦ ἰώμενος, ὦ πολύ[τειϊμε, πία]ζε, Τελ]εσφόρε. Cf. Menander Frag. p. 33 πολύτιμοι θεοί, and similarly the verbal in BGU IV. 120819 (B.c. 27-6) παρὰ τοῦ πολυτιμήτου Tlofyos, and Menandrea p. 975" ὦ πολυτίμητοι θεοί.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πολύτιμος (polutimos) — valuable. πολῠτῑμ-ος, ον, (τιμή) much-revered, θεοί [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. highly priced, μουσοεργός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; very costly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -μως[Refs 2nd c.BC+]