HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1983
הֲלָךְ
ha.lakh — toll
toll, custom duty, tribute Aramaic of ha.lakh (הָלַךְ ": walk" H1980)
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Toll
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G5056
τέλος
telos — goal/tax
τέλος, -ους, τό [in LXX for קֵץ, etc.; εἰς τὸ τ., chiefly for נֶצַח and cognate forms ;] 1. end: most frequently of the termination or limit of an act or state (in NT also of the end of a period of time, cl. τελευτή), Luk.1:33, 1Co.10:11, 2Co.3:13, 1Pe.4:7; by meton., of one who makes an end, Rom.10:4; ἕως (ἄχρι, μέκρι) τέλους, 1Co.1:8, 2Co.1:13, Heb.3:14 6:11, Rev.2:26; εἰς τ., to or at the end, Mat.10:22, Mrk.13:13, Luk.18:5, Jhn.13:1 (or here, to the uttermost, see Westc., in l); τ. ἔχειν, Luk.22:37; adverbially, τὸ δὲ τέλος, finally, 1Pe.3:8; of the last in a series, Rev.21:6 22:13; of the issue, fate or destiny, Mat.26:58; with genitive of thing(s), Rom.6:21, al.; with genitive of person(s), 2Co.11:13, al.; of the aim or purpose, 1Ti.1:5. 2. toll, custom, revenue: Rom.13:7; pl., as most usually, Mat.17:25 (AS)
39 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5057
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)
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5058
τελώνιον
telōnion — tax booth
τελώνιον, -ου, τό (τελώνης), a custom house (so in MGr.), tollhouse, place of toll: Mat.9:9, Mrk.2:14, Luk.5:27.† (AS)
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רוֹמָם
ro.mam — extolling
(Polal) praise, exaltation, extolling Also means: ro.me.mah (רוֹמְמָה "high" H7319)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21281
ὑπερύμνητος
huperumnētos — highly extolled
highly extolled
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רוֹמְמָה
ro.me.mah — high
uplifting, arising Another spelling of ro.mam (רוֹמָם "extolling" H7318)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
One of the branches of the king of Persia’s revenues (Ezra 4:13; 7:24), probably a tax levied from those who used the bridges and fords and highways.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.