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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

τελώνης

Lemmaτελώνης
Citation formτελώνης, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa collector of taxes
Strong’sG5057
Transliterationtelṓnēs
Definitiona tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue
KJV glosses:--publican.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences20

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
τελῶναι
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Matthew 21:31
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Matthew 21:32
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Matthew 5:46
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Matthew 9:10
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Mark 2:15
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 15:1
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 3:12
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 7:29
τελώνην
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Luke 5:27
τελώνης
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Matthew 10:3
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Matthew 18:17
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Luke 18:10
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Luke 18:11
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Luke 18:13
τελωνῶν
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Matthew 11:19
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Matthew 9:11
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Mark 2:16
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Luke 5:29
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Luke 5:30
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Luke 7:34

Morphology

Occurrences

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for τελώνης with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.