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τελώνης

Strong’s: G5057

Associated OET lemmas: τελώνης

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: τελώνης; -ου

Constructions: τελώνης; τελέω; ὠνέομαι

Sense 1: tax collector, revenue officer

Semantic entry: 57.184

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Tax, Tribute

Definition: (derivative of τελέω [source selector 000004][e] ‘to pay taxes,’ 57.178: τελέω) one who collects taxes for the government

Notes: 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.

MAT 5:46: RV MAT 5:46 · LV MAT 5:46 · Read together MAT 5:46

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OET-RV MAT 5:46

46 If you people just love people who love you, what reward would you expect for that? Don’t even the tax collectors do that?

OET-LV MAT 5:46

46 For/Because if you _all _may _love the ones loving you _all, what reward are _you _all _having?
Not also the tax _collectors are _doing the same?

MAT 9:10: RV MAT 9:10 · LV MAT 9:10 · Read together MAT 9:10

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OET-RV MAT 9:10

10 Later, when Yeshua was eating at Matay’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came in and sat at the table together with Yeshua and his apprentices.

OET-LV MAT 9:10

10 And it _became of _him reclining in the house, and see, many tax _collectors and sinners having _come were _reclining the with_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) and the apprentices/followers of _him.

All 20 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:46 · RV MAT 9:10–11 · RV MAT 10:3 · RV MAT 11:19 · RV MAT 18:17 · RV MAT 21:31–32 · LV MAT 5:46 · LV MAT 9:10–11 · LV MAT 10:3 · LV MAT 11:19 · LV MAT 18:17 · LV MAT 21:31–32 · Read together MAT 5:46 · Read together MAT 9:10–11 · Read together MAT 10:3 · Read together MAT 11:19 · Read together MAT 18:17 · Read together MAT 21:31–32

MRK: RV MRK 2:15–16 · LV MRK 2:15–16 · Read together MRK 2:15–16

LUK: RV LUK 3:12 · RV LUK 5:27 · RV LUK 5:29–30 · RV LUK 7:29 · RV LUK 7:34 · RV LUK 15:1 · RV LUK 18:10–11 · RV LUK 18:13 · LV LUK 3:12 · LV LUK 5:27 · LV LUK 5:29–30 · LV LUK 7:29 · LV LUK 7:34 · LV LUK 15:1 · LV LUK 18:10–11 · LV LUK 18:13 · Read together LUK 3:12 · Read together LUK 5:27 · Read together LUK 5:29–30 · Read together LUK 7:29 · Read together LUK 7:34 · Read together LUK 15:1 · Read together LUK 18:10–11 · Read together LUK 18:13