Tax collector
τελώνηςStrong’s G5057telōnēs
Appears in 20 verses of the New Testament
In short
Telōnēs is the Greek word usually translated “tax collectors” and “tax collector”. It appears in 20 verses of the New Testament.
“For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?”
Meaning
Usually translated “tax collectors” and “tax collector”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- tax collectors 11
- tax collector 3
- of tax collectors 3
- a tax collector 2
- the tax collectors 1
- the tax collector 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 10
- Matthew 8
- Mark 2
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 9:10And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
- Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Matthew 10:3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
- Matthew 11:19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
- Matthew 18:17And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
- Matthew 21:31Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Greek dictionary
τελώνης telōnēs · tax collector
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.