Strong's Number G5057

Transliteration:

telones{tel-o'-nace}

Word Origin:

from 5056 and 5608

TDNT:

8:88,1166

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Usage in the KJV:

publican 22

Total: 22

Definition:

a renter or farmer of taxes
1. among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank
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.