Definition

highly valuable

Etymology

from G926 (βαρύς) and G5092 (τιμή);

Word family

• βαρύς barýs
• τιμή timḗ

How the KJV renders it

• very precious

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.