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Lexicon :: Strong's G5057 - telōnēs

Aa
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).
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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 BoxMat 5:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:46 - For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10 - And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:11 - And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 - The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17 - And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:32 - For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15 - And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:16 - And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:12 - Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:27 - And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:29 - And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:30 - And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29 - (And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34 - The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:1 - Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:10 - Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11 - The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13 - The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
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