UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: ἀρχιτελώνης; -ου

Constructions: ἀρχιτελώνης; ἄρχω; τελέω

Sense 1: chief tax collector, director of tax collectors

Semantic entry: 57.185

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Tax, Tribute

Definition: chief tax collector, in the sense of one who controlled activities of certain other tax collectors

Notes: It is also possible to understand ἀρχιτελώνης as meaning a principal or important tax collector rather than one who controlled the activities of other tax collectors.

LUK 19:2: RV LUK 19:2 · LV LUK 19:2 · Read together LUK 19:2

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OET-RV LUK 19:2

2 Then, look, there was a man named Zakay (Zacchaeus; Grk. Zakkaios) and he was a chief tax-collector and pretty wealthy.

OET-LV LUK 19:2

2 And see, a_man being _called by_the_name Zakⱪaios, and he was a_chief _tax _collector, and he was rich.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀρχιτελώνης

Form 1

Sense 1: chief tax collector, director of tax collectors