Words the Bible translates as precious
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- timēτιμήhonor: the public recognition of someone's worth, and the respect or esteem that worth is owed.
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- price: the amount at which something is valued, or the money it fetches.
- timiosτίμιοςof great worth: costly and highly valued when it is a thing, honored and esteemed when it is a person
- yaqarיָקָרprecious: worth a great deal, and so costly, rare, or highly prized.
- ḥemdahחֶמְדָּהdesire, and the precious or delightful thing that desire fixes on
- yaqarיָקַרto be worth a great deal: to count as valuable, whether treasured by someone who will not give it up or expensive because the price is high
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- to make something scarce: to thin it out, or to hold it back so that it comes only rarely
- yaqqirיַקִּירpreciousnot studied yet
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