number - 5057
orig_word - τελώνης
word_orig - from (5056) and (5608)
translit - telones
tdnt - 8:88,1166
phonetic - tel-o'-nace
part_of_speech - Noun Masculine
st_def - from «5056» and «5608»; a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue:--publican.
IPD_def -
- 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. 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.
English - publican
letter - t
data - {"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."}
usages - publican
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id - 4956
strongs - 5057
base_word - τελώνης
data - {"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."}
usage - publican