John 12:3:9John.12.3.W9TAB
πολυτίμου
polytimou
“very costly”
- Transliteration
- po-ly-TI-mou
- Extended
- poh-lyoo-TIH-moo
- IPA
- /po.lyˈti.muː/
Meaning by language
- English
- very costly
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
po-ly-TI-mou
- sentence
hê oun ma-ri-AM la-BOU-sa LI-tran MY-rou NAR-dou pis-ti-KÊS po-ly-TI-mou Ê-leip-sen tous PO-das tou ee-ay-SOO kai ek-SE-mak-sen tais thrix-IN au-TÊS tous PO-das au-TOU hê de oi-KI-a e-plê-RÔ-thê ek tês os-MÊS tou MY-rou
Exegesis
The accusative object litran myrou {λίτραν μύρου | lítran mýrou} ‘a pound of ointment’ is expanded by a chain of genitives nardou pistikes polytimou {νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτίμου | nárdou pistikēs polytímou}, where each genitive further specifies quality: the substance (nard), its genuineness (pure), and its high value (costly). English naturally reorders these modifiers into a smoother adjectival sequence while preserving their cumulative force.
In context — John 12:3
Therefore Mary, having taken a pound of very costly pure nard ointment, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair , and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
About this coordinate
John 12:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 12:3, so the Greek word πολυτίμου (polytimou) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.12.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.3.W9.S1) and character.