Strong's Number G5057

τελώνης

telones · tel-o'-nace

Transliteration:

telones{tel-o'-nace}

Word Origin:

from 5056 and 5608

TDNT:

8:88,1166

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue

Usage in the KJV:

publican 22

Total: 22
Occurs 21 times in the Greek text.

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.