Telṓnēs — G5057

Definition

masculine noun

a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue

1. a renter or farmer of taxes (Latinpublicanus)
2. a tax-gatherer, collector of taxes or tolls , 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

Usually translated as

publican

Origin

from G5056 and G5608

• télos (G5056)
• ōnéomai (G5608)

Occurrences

Telṓnēs occurs 22 times in 21 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (9), Mark (2), Luke (10)

• Matthew 5:46 — For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans (τελῶναι) the same?
• Matthew 5:47 — And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans (τελῶναι) so?
• Matthew 9:10 — And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans (τελῶναι) and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
• Matthew 9:11 — And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans (τελωνῶν) and sinners?
• Matthew 10:3 — Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican (τελώνης); James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
• Matthew 11:19 — The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans (τελωνῶν) and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
• Matthew 18:17 — 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 (τελώνης).
• Matthew 21:31 — Whether 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 (τελῶναι) and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
• Matthew 21:32 — For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans (τελῶναι) and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
• Mark 2:15 — And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans (τελῶναι) and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
• Mark 2:16 — And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans (τελωνῶν) and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
• Mark 2:16 — And 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 (τελωνῶν) and sinners?
• Luke 3:12 — Then came also publicans (τελῶναι) to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
• Luke 5:27 — And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican (τελώνην), named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
• Luke 5:29 — And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans (τελωνῶν) and of others that sat down with them.
• Luke 5:30 — But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans (τελωνῶν) and sinners?
• Luke 7:29 — And all the people that heard him, and the publicans (τελῶναι), justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
• Luke 7:34 — The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans (τελωνῶν) and sinners!
• Luke 15:1 — Then drew near unto him all the publicans (τελῶναι) and sinners for to hear him.
• Luke 18:10 — Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican (τελώνης).
• Luke 18:11 — 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 (τελώνης).
• Luke 18:13 — And the publican (τελώνης), 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.