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τελώνης

MainId: 004956000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: τ

StrongCodes: G5057

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004956001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: τελώνης

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   Constructs: {'Lemma': 'τελώνης', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'τελέω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ὠνέομαι', 'Meanings': []}]}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004956001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 57.184

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

      LEXSubDomains: Tax, Tribute

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-04-05 14:12:42

         DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:τελέω}[e] ‘to pay taxes,’ {D:57.178}) one who collects taxes for the government

         Glosses: ['tax collector', 'revenue officer']

         Comments: Since Jews who farmed the taxes for the Romans (that is to say, who paid Roman authorities for the privilege of collecting taxes) were considered traitors to their own people, the term τελώνης has strongly negative connotations in the NT. In any translation of the Gospels it may be especially important to have an adequate marginal note designed to explain the basis for the hostility which many people had toward tax collectors.

      LEXReferences: MAT 5:46, MAT 9:10, MAT 9:11, MAT 10:3, MAT 11:19, MAT 18:17, MAT 21:31, MAT 21:32, MARK 2:15, MARK 2:16, MARK 2:16, LUKE 3:12, LUKE 5:27, LUKE 5:29, LUKE 5:30, LUKE 7:29, LUKE 7:34, LUKE 15:1, LUKE 18:10, LUKE 18:11, LUKE 18:13