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 which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?Matthew 9:10 · τελῶναιAnd it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.Matthew 9:11 · τελωνῶνAnd when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?Matthew 10:3 · τελώνης,Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;Matthew 11:19 · τελωνῶνThe Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.Matthew 18:17 · τελώνης.¶And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.Matthew 21:31 · τελῶναιWhether of them twain did the will of [his] father? They say unto him, 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 had seen [it], repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.Mark 2:15 · τελῶναιAnd it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.Mark 2:16 · τελωνῶν · τελωνῶνAnd when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?Luke 3:12 · τελῶναιThen came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?Luke 5:27 · τελώνηνAnd after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.Luke 5:29 · τελωνῶνAnd Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.Luke 5:30 · τελωνῶνBut their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?Luke 7:29 · τελῶναιAnd all the people that heard [him], 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 · τελῶναιThen drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for 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 other men [are], extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.Luke 18:13 · τελώνηςAnd the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.