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Luke 3:12

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Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)

G2064 came ηλθον

G1161 Then δε

G2532 also και

G5057 publicans τελωναι

G907 to be baptized βαπτισθηναι

G2532 and και

G2036 said ειπον

G4314 unto προς

G846 him αυτον

G1320 Master διδασκαλε

G5101 what τι

G4160 shall we do ποιησομεν

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

G1161 Then

G2064 came

G2532 also

G5057 publicans

G907 baptized

G2532 and

G2036 said

G4314 unto

G846 him

G1320 Master

G5101 what

shall

G4160 do

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Greek-English Dictionary

Strongs: G5057

Greek: τελώνης

Transliteration: telōnēs

Pronunciation: tel-o'-nace

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: publican.

Definition:

a tax farmer that is collector of public revenue

1. a renter or farmer of taxes

a. among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank

2. 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.

Thayer's Greek–English Lexicon
of the New Testament 1889

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.