Strong G5057τελώνης
tax collector
- Transliteration
- telōnēs
- Pronunciation
- tel-o'-nace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
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)
(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
- Matthew 5:46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
- Matthew 5:47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
- Matthew 9:10And 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.
- Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Matthew 10:3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus;
- Matthew 11:19The 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.
- Matthew 18:17And 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.
- Matthew 21:31Whether 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.
- Matthew 21:32For 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.
- Mark 2:15And 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.
- Mark 2:16And 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?
- Luke 3:12Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
- Luke 5:27And 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.
- Luke 5:29And 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.
- Luke 5:30But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
- Luke 7:29And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
- Luke 7:34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
- Luke 15:1Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
- Luke 18:10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
- Luke 18:11The 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.)]
(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.)]