What does βαρύτιμος (barýtimos) mean in the Bible?
βαρύτιμος (barýtimos) is a Greek word meaning "highly valuable".
Greek · G927
βαρύτιμος
Highly valuable
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βαρύτιμος G927
Pronunciation barýtimos
What does βαρύτιμος (barýtimos) mean in the Bible?
βαρύτιμος (barýtimos) is a Greek word meaning "highly valuable".
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How does the BSB render G927?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include of expensive (1).
Where does βαρύτιμος (barýtimos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of expensive 1× Matthew 26:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 26:7
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
βαρυτίμου 1x barytimou Matthew 26:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Matthew 26:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. highly valuable
Strong's G927
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
highly valuable
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(βαρύς, τιμή), of great value, very costly: Mat.26:7 (T, πολυτίμου) .
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:7 Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
βαρυτίμου, barutimou
of great price
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 26:7 1×
Word Origins
βαρύτιμος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain