Adjective polytimos (highly priced) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

13: 46on finding one highly priced (polytimos) pearl, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

John

12: 3Mary took a pound of highly priced (polytimos) perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.