- Original: πολυτελής - Transliteration: Poluteles - Phonetic: pol-oo-tel-ace' - Definition: 1. precious a. requiring very great outlay, very costly b. excellent, of surpassing value - Origin: from G4183 and G5056 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G4183 and G5056 ; extremely expensive: - costly very precious of great price. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • costly, 1 1 Timothy 2:9 • precious, 1 Mar 14:3 • price, 1 1 Peter 3:4