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Dictionaries :: Cost, Costliness, Costly

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Noun Strong's Number: g1160 Greek: dapane

Cost, Costliness, Costly:

"expense, cost" (from dapto, "to tear;" from a root dap--, meaning "to divide"), is found in Luk 14:28, in the Lord's illustration of counting the "cost" of becoming His disciple. Cp. dapanao, "to spend," and its compounds, under CHARGE, SPEND.

A-2 Noun Strong's Number: g5094 Greek: timiotes

Cost, Costliness, Costly:

"costliness" (from timios, "valued at great price, precious;" see No. 3, below), is connected with time, "honor, price," and used in Rev 18:19, in reference to Babylon.

B-1 Adjective Strong's Number: g5093 Greek: timios

Cost, Costliness, Costly:

akin to A, No. 2, is translated "costly" in 1Cr 3:12, of "costly" stones, in a metaphorical sense (AV, "precious"). Cp. Rev 17:4; 18:12, 16; 21:19.
See DEAR, HONORABLE, PRECIOUS, REPUTATION.

B-2 Adjective Strong's Number: g4185 Greek: poluteles

Cost, Costliness, Costly:

primarily, "the very end or limit" (from polus, "much," telos, "revenue"), with reference to price, of highest "cost," very expensive, is said of spikenard, Mar 14:3; raiment, 1Ti 2:9; metaphorically, of a meek and quiet spirit, 1Pe 3:4, "of great price;" cp. No. 1 and A, No. 2, above.
See PRECIOUS, PRICE.

B-3 Adjective Strong's Number: g4186 Greek: polutimos

Cost, Costliness, Costly:

lit., "of great value" (see A, No. 2 and B, No. 1), is used of a pearl, Mat 13:46; of spikenard, Jhn 12:3 (RV, "very precious," AV "very costly").
See PRICE. The comparative polutimo(v.l.io)teros, "much more precious," is used in 1Pe 1:7.

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