Lexical Summary telōnēs: tax collector Original Word: τελώνηςTransliteration: telōnēs Phonetic Spelling: (tel-o'-nace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: tax collector Meaning: tax collector Strong's Concordance tax collectorFrom telos and oneomai; a tax-farmer, i.e. Collector of public revenue -- publican. see GREEK telos see GREEK oneomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5057: τελώνηςτελώνης, 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.; |
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