Strongs Number: G5057
- Greek Word
- τελώνης
- Transliteration
- telōnēs
- Phonetic
- tel-o'-nace
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a tax farmer that is collector of public revenue
- Thayers Definition
-
1. a renter or farmer of taxes
a. among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank
2. 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.
- Origin
- From G5056 and G5608
- Bible Usage
- publican.