{"def":{"short":"a tax-farmer, i.e., collector of public revenue","long":["a renter or farmer of taxes",["among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank"],"a tax gatherer, collector of taxes or tolls, one employed by a publican or farmer general in the collection of taxes"]},"deriv":"from G5056 and G5608","pronun":{"ipa":"tɛˈlo.nes","ipa_mod":"te̞ˈlow.ne̞s","sbl":"telōnēs","dic":"teh-LOH-nase","dic_mod":"tay-LOH-nase"},"see":["G5056","G5608"],"comment":"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 did their job."}