Strong's G5057
τελώνης(telṓnēs)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
Definition
a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue
Derivation
from G5056 (τέλος) and G5608 (ὠνέομαι);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, τελώνης is translated as: publican.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.