1 Kings 5:17
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
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Costly
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1 Timothy 2:9
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
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יָקָר
yâqâr · yaw-kawr'
4 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
valuable (objectively or subjectively)
Strong's KJV usage: brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.
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Strong's first: 1 Kings 5:17Strong's last: 1 Kings 7:11
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polytelḗs · pol-oo-tel-ace'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
extremely expensive
Strong's KJV usage: :--costly, very precious, of great price.
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Strong's first: 1 Timothy 2:9Strong's last: 1 Timothy 2:9
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polýtimos · pol-oot'-ee-mos
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
extremely valuable
Strong's KJV usage: :--very costly, of great price.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 12:3Strong's last: John 12:3
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G4186
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
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costly
COSTLY, adjective [from cost.] Of a high price; sumptuous; expensive; purchased at a great expense; as a costly habit; costly furniture.
Mary took a pound of spikenard, very costly John 12:3.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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