Adjective polytelēs (of great value) in the Gospels-Acts

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


Mark

14: 3While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of great value (polytelēs) ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head.