{They cast dust} (ebalon choun). Second aorist active of
all(935c). Chous is old word (from che(935c) to pour) for heap of
earth, dust, in N.T. only here and  Mr 6:11 . Cf.  Eze 27:30  Lu
10:13 . This is the dirge of the sea-folk (cf. verses  10,16 ).
{By reason of her costliness} (ek t(8873) timiot(8874)os aut(8873)).
Occasionally in later literary Greek, though here only in N.T.
and not in LXX. The same use of 	im(885c) appears in  1Pe 2:7 .
Common in the papyri as a title like "Your Honor" (Moulton and
Milligan's _Vocabulary_).