Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
τελώνης (G5057)
21 * τελώνης , -ου, ὁ ( τέλος , ὠνέομαι ) a farmer of taxes (Lat. publicanus ). A subordinate of the former, who collected taxes or tolls in a particular district, a tax-gatherer (EV, publican ): Mt 5:46 10:3 , Lk 3:12 5:27 , 29 7:29 18:10 , 11 , 13 ; pl., τ. κ. ἁμαρτωλοί , Mt 9:10 , 11 11:19 , Mk 2:15 , 16 , Lk 5:30 7:34 15:1 ; τ. κ. πόρναι , Mt 21:31 , 32 ; ὁ ἐθνικὸς κ. ὁ τ. , Mt 18:17 (cf. DB , iv, 172; ext. , 394 f.; MM, xxiv).†
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