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)
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G5057 — τελώνης
telōnēs · tax collector · Greek
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Matthew 5:46 · τελῶναιFor if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same ?Matthew 9:10 · τελῶναιAnd it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.Matthew 9:11 · τελωνῶνAnd when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?Matthew 10:3 · τελώνης,Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus;Matthew 11:19 · τελωνῶνThe Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.Matthew 18:17 · τελώνης.¶And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.Matthew 21:31 · τελῶναιWhich of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.Matthew 21:32 · τελῶναιFor John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.Mark 2:15 · τελῶναιAnd it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.Mark 2:16 · τελωνῶν · τελωνῶνAnd the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?Luke 3:12 · τελῶναιAnd there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?Luke 5:27 · τελώνηνAnd after these things he went forth, and beheld a publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of toll, and said unto him, Follow me.Luke 5:29 · τελωνῶνAnd Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others that were sitting at meat with them.Luke 5:30 · τελωνῶνAnd the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?Luke 7:29 · τελῶναιAnd all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.Luke 7:34 · τελωνῶνThe Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!Luke 15:1 · τελῶναιNow all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.Luke 18:10 · τελώνης.Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.Luke 18:11 · τελώνης.The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.Luke 18:13 · τελώνηςBut the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.