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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 [only] those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10 -

Then as Jesus was reclining at the table in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and [fn]sinners [including non-observant Jews] came and ate with Him and His disciples.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:3 - Philip and Bartholomew (Nathanael); Thomas and Matthew (Levi) the tax collector; [fn]James the son of [fn]Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus (Judas, not Iscariot);

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 - “The Son of Man came eating and drinking [with others], and they say, ‘Look! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews]!’ Yet wisdom is justified and vindicated by her deeds [in the lives of those who respond to Me].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17 - “If he pays no attention to them [refusing to listen and obey], tell it to the [fn]church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile (unbeliever) and a tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - “Which of the two did the will of the father?” The chief priests and elders replied, “The first one.” Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:32 - “For John came to you [walking] in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even change your mind afterward and believe him [accepting what he proclaimed to you].

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15 -

And it happened that Jesus was [fn]reclining at the table in Levi’s house, and many tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews] were eating with Him and His disciples; for there were many of them and they were [fn]following Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:16 - When the scribes [belonging to the sect] of the [fn]Pharisees saw that Jesus was eating with the sinners [including non-observant Jews] and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat and drink with [fn]tax collectors and sinners?”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:27 -

After this Jesus went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi (Matthew) sitting at the tax booth; and He said to him, “Follow Me [as My disciple, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:29 -

Levi (Matthew) gave a great banquet for Him at his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at the table with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:30 - The Pharisees and their scribes [seeing those with whom He was associating] began murmuring in discontent to His disciples, asking, “Why are you eating and drinking with the tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews]?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29 - All the people and the tax collectors who heard Jesus, acknowledged [the validity of] God’s justice, 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, a man who is a glutton and a [heavy] wine-drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews].’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:1 -

Now all the tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews] were coming near Jesus to listen to Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:10 - “Two men went up into the temple [enclosure] 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 [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), 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 at a distance, would not even raise his eyes toward heaven, but was striking his chest [in humility and repentance], saying, ‘God, be merciful and gracious to me, the [especially wicked] sinner [that I am]!’
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