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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 - For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10 - And as Jesus[fn] reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:11 - And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to 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 the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;[fn]

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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, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17 - If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:32 - For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15 - And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:16 - And the scribes of[fn] the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat[fn] with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:12 - Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:27 - After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:29 - And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:30 - And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29 - (When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just,[fn] having been baptized with the baptism of John,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34 - The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:1 - Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:10 - “Two men went up into 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, standing by himself, prayed[fn] thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, 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, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
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