Definition

extremely expensive

Etymology

from G4183 (πολύς) and G5056 (τέλος);

Word family

• πολύς polýs
• τέλος télos

How the KJV renders it

• costly
• very precious
• of great price

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.