τελώνης telōnēs

Greek word for “tax collector” · Strong’s G5057 · used 21 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

τελώνης, -ου, ὁ; (τέλος, ὠνέομαι);

How it is translated

Glosses given for telōnēs in context, with how often each is used:

• tax collectors 15
• tax collector 6

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 5 (3), Luke 18 (3), Matthew 9 (2), Matthew 21 (2), Mark 2 (2), Luke 7 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 18 (1)

Forms

• τελῶναι 8
• τελωνῶν 7
• τελώνης 5
• τελώνην 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with telōnēs more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἁμαρτωλός hamartōlos “sinful” 9
• ἐσθίω esthiō “to eat” 5
• Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios “Pharisee” 5
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 5
• οἰνοπότης oinopotēs “drunkard” 2
• φάγος phagos “glutton” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 5
• πίνω pinō “to drink” 3
• συνανάκειμαι sunanakeimai “to dine with” 2
• Λευΐ Leui “Levi” 2
• οἰκία oikia “home” 3
• πόρνη pornē “prostitute” 2

Key verses

The verses using telōnēs that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 9:11 — And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
• Matthew 10:3 — Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; 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 and sinners. But wisdom is justified of…
• 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.
• 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 and the…
• Matthew 21:32 — For 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,…
• Luke 5:27 — And 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 5:30 — But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
• Luke 7:29 — And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
• Luke 15:1 — Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
• 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.
• Luke 18:13 — And 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.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.