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Luke 15:1

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Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)

G1510 ησαν

G1161 Then δε

G1448 εγγιζοντες

G846 unto him αυτω

G3956 all παντες

G3588 the οι

G5057 publicans τελωναι

G2532 and και

G3588 the οι

G268 sinners αμαρτωλοι

G191 for to hear ακουειν

G846 him αυτου

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

G846 him

G191 hear

for

G268 sinners

G2532 and

G5057 publicans

G3588 the

G3956 all

G846 him

unto

G2258 near

drew

G1161 Then

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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.