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Lexicon :: Strong's G5057 - telōnēs

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τελώνης
Transliteration
telōnēs (Key)
Pronunciation
tel-o'-nace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
21x in 4 unique form(s) TR
22x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:88,1166

Strong’s Definitions

τελώνης telṓnēs, tel-o'-nace; from G5056 and G5608; a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue:—publican.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G5057 in the following manner: publican (22x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G5057 in the following manner: publican (22x).

  1. a renter or farmer of taxes

    1. among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank

  2. a tax gatherer, collector of taxes or tolls, one employed by a publican or farmer general in the collection of taxes. The tax collectors were as a class, detested not only by the Jews, but by other nations also, both on account of their employment and of the harshness, greed, and deception, with which they did their job.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τελώνης telṓnēs, tel-o'-nace; from G5056 and G5608; a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue:—publican.
STRONGS G5057:
τελώνης, τελωνου, ὁ (from τέλος ((which see 2)) tax, and ὠνέομαι to buy; cf. δημοσιώνης, ὀψώνης, δεκατωνης), from Aristophanes, Aeschines, Aristotle, Polybius down;
1. a renter or farmer of taxes (Latinpublicanus); among the Romans usually a man of equestrian rank.
2. a tax-gatherer, collector of taxes or tolls (Vulg.publicanus incorrectly: (so A. V. publican)), one employed by a publican or farmer-general in collecting the taxes. The tax-collectors were, as a class, detested not only by the Jews but by other nations also, both on account of their employment and of the harshness, greed, and deception, with which they prosecuted it; (hence, they are classed by Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 23; 4, 57, with καπηλοις καί τοῖς μετά ἀναιδειας ζῶσι καί λῃσταῖς καί ζυγοκρουσταις καί παραλογισταις ἀνθρώποις; Lucian, necyom. c. 11 puts together μοιχοί, πορνοβοσκοι καί τελῶναι καί κολακες καί συκοφανται (Theophrastus, charact. 6 (περί ἀπονοίας) πανδοχευσαι, καί πορνοβοσκησαι, καί τελωνησαι)): Matthew 5:46, 47 Rec.; Matt. 10:3; Luke 3:12; Luke 5:27, 29; Luke 7:29; Luke 18:10, 11, 13; the plural is joined with ἁμαρτωλοί, Matthew 9:10f; (Matthew 11:19); Mark 2:15; Luke 5:30; Luke 7:34; Luke 15:1; with πόρναι, Matthew 21:31f; ὁ ἐθνικός καί ὁ τελώνης, Matthew 18:17. Cf. Winers RWB, under the words, Zoll, Zöllner; (BB. DD., under the word ; Wetstein on Matthew 5:46; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i. 515ff).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:46; 5:46; 5:47; 9:10; 10:3; 11:19; 18:17; 21:31
Mark
2:15
Luke
3:12; 5:27; 5:29; 5:30; 7:29; 7:34; 15:1; 18:10; 18:11; 18:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5057 matches the Greek τελώνης (telōnēs),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:46 - If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10 - While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:11 - When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:3 - Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 - The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17 - If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - “Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:32 - For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15 - While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:16 - When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:12 - Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:27 - After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:29 - Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:30 - But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29 - (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34 - The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:1 - Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:10 - “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11 - The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13 - “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
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