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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).
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 BoxMat 5:46 - “For if G1437 you love G25 those G3588 who love G25 you, what G5101 reward G3408 do G4160 you have G2192? Even G2532 the tax G5057 collectors G5057, do they not do G4160 the same G846?

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Then G2532 it happened G1096 that as [fn]Jesus G2424 was reclining G345 at the table in the house G3614, behold G2400, many G4183 tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners G268 came G2064 and began dining G4873 with Jesus G2424 and His disciples G3101.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:11 - And when the Pharisees G5330 saw G3708 this, they said G3004 to His disciples G3101, “Why G1223 G5101 is your Teacher G1320 eating G2068 with the tax G5057 collectors G5057 and sinners G268?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:3 - Philip G5376 and [fn]Bartholomew G918; Thomas G2381 and Matthew G3156 the tax G5057 collector G5057; [fn]James G2385 the son of Alphaeus G256, and Thaddaeus G2280;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 - “The Son G5207 of Man G444 came G2064 eating G2068 and drinking G4095, and they say G3004, ‘Behold G2400, a gluttonous G5314 man G444 and a [fn]heavy G3630 drinker G3630, a friend G5384 of tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners G268!’ And yet wisdom G4678 is vindicated G1344 by her deeds G2041.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17 - “And if G1437 he refuses G3878 to G3878 listen G3878 to them, tell G3004 it to the church G1577; and if G1437 he refuses G3878 to G3878 listen G3878 even G2532 to the church G1577, he is to be to you as [fn]a Gentile G1482 and [fn]a tax G5057 collector G5057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - “Which G5101 of the two G1417 did G4160 the will G2307 of his father G3962?” They *said G3004, “The first G4413.” Jesus G2424 *said G3004 to them, “Truly G281 I say G3004 to you that the tax G5057 collectors G5057 and prostitutes G4204 [fn]will get G4254 into the kingdom G932 of God G2316 before G4254 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:32 - “For John G2491 came G2064 to you in the way G3598 of righteousness G1343 and you did not believe G4100 him; but the tax G5057 collectors G5057 and prostitutes G4204 did believe G4100 him; and you, seeing G3708 this, did not even G3761 [fn]have G3338 second G3338 thoughts G3338 afterward G5305 so as to believe G4100 him.

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And it *happened G1096 that He was reclining G2621 at the table in his house G3614, and many G4183 tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners G268 were [fn]dining G4873 with Jesus G2424 and His disciples G3101; for there were many G4183 of them, and they were following G190 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:16 - When the scribes G1122 of the Pharisees G5330 saw G3708 that He was eating G2068 with the [fn]sinners G268 and tax G5057 collectors G5057, they said G3004 to His disciples G3101, “Why G5101 is He eating G2068 with tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners G268?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:12 - Now G1161 even G2532 tax G5057 collectors G5057 came G2064 to be baptized G907, and they said G3004 to him, “Teacher G1320, what G5101 are we to do G4160?”

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After G3326 that He went G1831 out G1831 and looked G2300 at G2300 a tax G5057 collector G5057 named G3686 [fn]Levi G3017 sitting G2521 in the tax G5058 office G5058, and He said G3004 to him, “Follow G190 Me.”

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And Levi G3017 gave G4160 a big G3173 reception G1403 for Him in his house G3614; and there was a large G4183 crowd G3793 of tax G5057 collectors G5057 and other G243 people who G3739 were reclining G2621 at the table with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:30 - The Pharisees G5330 and their scribes G1122 began grumbling G1111 to His disciples G3101, saying G3004, “Why G1223 G5101 do you eat G2068 and drink G4095 with the tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners G268?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29 - When all G3956 the people G2992 and the tax G5057 collectors G5057 heard G191 this, they acknowledged G1344 God’s G2316 justice G1344, having been baptized G907 with the baptism G908 of John G2491.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34 - “The Son G5207 of Man G444 has come G2064 eating G2068 and drinking G4095, and you say G3004, ‘Behold G2400, a gluttonous G5314 man G444 and a [fn]heavy G3630 drinker G3630, a friend G5384 of tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners G268!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:1

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Now G1161 all G3956 the tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners G268 were coming G1448 near G1448 [fn]Jesus to listen G191 to Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:10 - “Two G1417 men G444 went G305 up G305 into the [fn]temple G2413 to pray G4336, one G1520 a Pharisee G5330 and the other G2087 a tax G5057 collector G5057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11 - “The Pharisee G5330 stood G2476 and began praying G4336 this G3778 in G4314 regard G4314 to G4314 himself G1438: ‘God G2316, I thank G2168 You that I am G1510 not like G5618 other G3062 people G444: swindlers G727, crooked G94, adulterers G3432, or G2228 even G2532 like G5613 this G3778 tax G5057 collector G5057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13 - “But the tax G5057 collector G5057, standing G2476 some G3113 distance G3113 away G3113, was even G3761 unwilling G3756 G2309 to raise G1869 his eyes G3788 toward G1519 heaven G3772, but was beating G5180 his chest G4738, saying G3004, ‘God G2316, be G2433 [fn]merciful G2433 to me, the sinner G268!’
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