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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 G5057 collectors G5057 do the same?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10 -

[fn]Then it happened that as [fn]Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners came and were dining 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 is your Teacher eating with the tax G5057 collectors G5057 and sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:3 - Philip and [fn]Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax G5057 collector G5057; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

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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, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a [fn]drunkard, a friend of tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated [fn]by her deeds.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17 - “And 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 the Gentile and the tax G5057 collector G5057.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:31

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 that the tax G5057 collectors G5057 and prostitutes [fn]will get 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 G5057 collectors G5057 and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even regret afterward so as to believe him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15 -

And it *[fn]happened that as He was reclining at the table in his house, many tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners [fn]were reclining with Jesus and His disciples. For there were many of them, and they were following Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:16 - And when the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax G5057 collectors G5057, they were saying to His disciples, “He is eating and drinking with tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:12 - And tax G5057 collectors G5057 also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:27 -

And after that He went out and noticed a tax G5057 collector G5057 named [fn]Levi sitting in the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me.”

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And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax G5057 collectors G5057 and other people who were reclining at the table with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:30 - And the Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:29 - And when all the people and the tax G5057 collectors G5057 heard this, they [fn]acknowledged 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, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a [fn]drunkard, a friend of tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:1 -

Now all the tax G5057 collectors G5057 and the [fn]sinners were coming near Him 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 to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax G5057 collector G5057.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11 - “The Pharisee stood and was praying these things to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax G5057 collector G5057.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13 - “But the tax G5057 collector G5057, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was [fn]beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be [fn]merciful to me, the sinner!’
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