Strong G5057τελώνης

tax collector

Transliteration
telōnēs
Pronunciation
tel-o'-nace
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G5056 and G5608; a tax farmer that is collector of public revenue: - publican.

Detailed definition

τελώνης, -ου, ὁ
(τέλος, ὠνέομαι)
1. a farmer of taxes (Let. publicanus).

2. A subordinate of the former, who collected taxes or tolls in a particular district, a tax-gatherer (EV, publican): Mat.5:46 10:3, Luk.3:12 5:27, 29 7:29 18:10-11, 13; pl., τ. κ. ἁμαρτωλοί, Mat.9:10-11 11:19, Mrk.2:15-16, Luk.5:30 7:34 15:1; τ. κ. πόρναι, Mat.21:31-32; ὁ ἐθνικὸς κ. ὁ τ., Mat.18:17 (cf. DB, iv, 172; ext., 394 f.; MM, xxiv).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5057 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • publican20
  • publicans1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:46
    For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
  2. Matthew 5:47
    And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
  3. Matthew 9:10
    And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
  4. Matthew 9:11
    And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
  5. Matthew 10:3
    Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus;
  6. Matthew 11:19
    The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
  7. Matthew 18:17
    And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
  8. Matthew 21:31
    Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
  9. Matthew 21:32
    For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
  10. Mark 2:15
    And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
  11. Mark 2:16
    And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
  12. Luke 3:12
    Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
  13. Luke 5:27
    And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
  14. Luke 5:29
    And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
  15. Luke 5:30
    But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
  16. Luke 7:29
    And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
  17. Luke 7:34
    The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
  18. Luke 15:1
    Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
  19. Luke 18:10
    Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
  20. Luke 18:11
    The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τελών-ης, ου, ὁ,
(τέλος 1.8, ὠνέομαι) farmer or collector of tolls, customs, or taxes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 248 (troch.), 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.119, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.64, “PCair.Zen.” 31.20 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 113.8 (2nd c.BC), Aristocles Epigrammaticus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 15.2, etc.: frequently with a sense of reproach, πάντες τελῶναι, πάντες εἰσὶν ἅρπαγες)], of the Oropians, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Xeno 1; ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἂν καὶ τελώνης σεμνυνθείη βάναυσος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.9, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.587, 9.804)]; = Latin publicanus, [NT (NT.Matt.5.46, +others)]; πορνοβοσκοὶ καὶ τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aspasius Philosophus “in Ethica Nicomachea commentaria - pars” 102.21.)]