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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 22 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:46 - “For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:47 - “And if you greet your brethren[fn] only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors[fn] do so?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10 - Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him 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 Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:3 - Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was[fn] Thaddaeus;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 - “The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17 - “And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - “Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to Him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter 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 did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward relent and believe him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15 - Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:16 - And when the scribes and[fn] Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:27 - After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:29 - Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:30 - And their scribes and the Pharisees[fn] complained against His disciples, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29 - And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:1 - Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 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 BoxLuk 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11 - “The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13 - “And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’
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