KJV dictionary & concordance
Of a high price; sumptuous; expensive; purchased at a great expense.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Kings 5:17
Complete exact-word concordance
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with sawes, within and without, euen from the foundation vnto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
And the foundation was of costly stones, euen great stones; stones of ten cubites, and stones of eight cubites.
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
And aboue were costly stones (after the measures of hewed stones) and Cedars.
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.
Then tooke Mary a pound of ointment, of Spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Iesus, & wiped his feet with her haire: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
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;
In like maner also, that women adorne themselues in modest apparell, with shamefastnesse and sobrietie, not with broided haire, or gold, or pearles, or costly aray,
1611 marginal noteOr, plaited.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Of a high price; sumptuous; expensive; purchased at a great expense.
