Definition

valuable, i.e. (objectively) costly, or (subjectively) honored, esteemed, or (figuratively) beloved

Etymology

from G5092 (τιμή);

Word family

• τιμή timḗ

How the KJV renders it

• dear
• honourable
• (more
• most) precious
• had in reputation

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.