Greek · Strong's G5057 · Noun (masculine)

τελώνης

telōnēs

tax collector

21times used

20verses

3books

How it's translated

tax collectors10
tax collector3
of tax collectors3
a tax collector2
the tax collectors1
the tax collector1

Definition

τελώνης, -ου, ὁ

(τέλος, ὠνέομαι)

1. a farmer of taxes (Let. publicanus).

2. A subordinate of the former, who collected taxes or tolls in a particular district, a tax-gatherer (EV, publican): Mat.5:46 10:3, Luk.3:12 5:27, 29 7:29 18:10-11, 13; pl., τ. κ. ἁμαρτωλοί, Mat.9:10-11 11:19, Mrk.2:15-16, Luk.5:30 7:34 15:1; τ. κ. πόρναι, Mat.21:31-32; ὁ ἐθνικὸς κ. ὁ τ., Mat.18:17 (cf. DB, iv, 172; ext., 394 f.; MM, xxiv).†

(AS)

Where it appears

Luke10
Matthew8
Mark2

Every verse

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