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Koine Greek wordlink #14808

SR GNT Mat 21:31 τελῶναι (telōnai) ‘to you_all that the tax_collectors and the prostitutes’ Strongs=50570 Lemma=telōnēs
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (7) of identical word form τελῶναι (N-NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘τελῶναι’ (N-NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘tax_collectors’.

Mark 2:15 ‘of him and many tax_collectors and sinners were reclining’ SR GNT Mark 2:15 word 17

OET-LV: 15 And is _becoming him to _be _reclining in the house of _him, and many tax _collectors and sinners were _reclining the with_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) and the apprentices/followers of _him, because/for they _were many and they _were _following after _him. (MRK_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 Yeshua ended up having a meal at Levi’s place, and many other tax collectors and undesirables were sitting there also, along with Yeshua’s followers, because by then, many people were following him around. (MRK 2:15)

Mat 5:46 ‘not also the tax_collectors the same are doing’ SR GNT Mat 5:46 word 14

OET-LV: 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_5:46)

OET-RV: 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? (MAT 5:46)

Mat 9:10 ‘and see many tax_collectors and sinners having come’ SR GNT Mat 9:10 word 14

OET-LV: 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. (MAT_9:10)

OET-RV: 10 Later when Yeshua was eating at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came in and sat at the table together with Yeshua and his disciples. (MAT 9:10)

Mat 21:32 ‘in him the but tax_collectors and the prostitutes’ SR GNT Mat 21:32 word 16

OET-LV: 32 For/Because Yōannaʸs came to you _all in the_way of _righteousness, and you _all_ not _believed in _him, but the tax _collectors and the prostitutes believed in _him, and you _all having _seen, you _all _were_ not _regretful later which to _believe in _him. (MAT_21:32)

OET-RV: 32 because Yohan came to you all teaching the road to becoming right with God, but you didn’t believe that he was sent by God. Yet the tax collectors and prostitutes believed in him, and still, even when you saw that, you didn’t later regret and change your minds and believe. (MAT 21:32)

Luke 3:12 ‘came and also tax_collectors to_be immersed and they said’ SR GNT Luke 3:12 word 5

OET-LV: 12 And tax _collectors also came to _be _immersed, and they _said to him: Teacher, what may _we _do? (LUK_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 Even some tax-collectors came to be immersed, and they asked Yohan, “Teacher, what should we do?” (LUK 3:12)

Luke 7:29 ‘having heard and the tax_collectors they justified god having_been immersed’ SR GNT Luke 7:29 word 8

OET-LV: 29 (And all the people and the tax _collectors having _heard, they _justified the god, having _been _immersed with _the immersion of _Yōannaʸs, (LUK_7:29)

OET-RV: 29 (When all the people and the tax-collectors that had been immersed by Yohan heard that, they concurred that God’s way is fair, (LUK 7:29)

Luke 15:1 ‘nearing all the tax_collectors and the sinners’ SR GNT Luke 15:1 word 8

OET-LV: 15 And all the tax _collectors and the sinners were nearing to _him to _be _hearing from _him. (LUK_15:1)

OET-RV: 15 Many tax-collectors and others regarded as sinners had come closer so they could hear what Yeshua was teaching, (LUK 15:1)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘telōnēs’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a tax_collector’, ‘of tax_collectors’, ‘tax_collector’, ‘tax_collectors’.

Greek words (7) other than τελῶναι (N-NMP) with a gloss related to ‘tax_collectors’

MARK 2:16 τελωνῶν (telōnōn) N-GMP ‘sinners and the tax_collectors they were saying to the apprentices/followers’ SR GNT Mark 2:16 word 23

OET-LV: 16 And the scribes of _the Farisaios_party, having _seen that he _is _eating with the sinners and the tax _collectors, they _were _saying to _the apprentices/followers of _him, that he _is _eating with the tax _collectors and sinners? (MRK_2:16)

OET-RV: 16 When the teachers from the Pharisee party noticed that Yeshua was eating beside undesirables and tax-collectors, they asked his followers, “How come he eats with tax-collectors and other low-life?” (MRK 2:16)

MARK 2:16 τελωνῶν (telōnōn) N-GMP ‘of him with the tax_collectors and sinners he is eating’ SR GNT Mark 2:16 word 37

MAT 9:11 τελωνῶν (telōnōn) N-GMP ‘why with the tax_collectors and sinners is eating’ SR GNT Mat 9:11 word 18

OET-LV: 11 And having _seen it, the Farisaios_party were _saying to _the apprentices/followers of _him: For/Because_ why _reason is_ the teacher of _you _all _eating with the tax _collectors and sinners? (MAT_9:11)

OET-RV: 11 Some of the Pharisee party noticed this and said to his disciples, “How come your teacher eats with tax collectors and sinners?” (MAT 9:11)

MAT 11:19 τελωνῶν (telōnōn) N-GMP ‘a glutton and a drunkard of tax_collectors a friend and of sinners’ SR GNT Mat 11:19 word 16

OET-LV: 19 The son of_ the _man came eating and drinking, and they _are _saying: Behold, a_man, a_glutton and a_drunkard, a_friend of _tax _collectors and of _sinners. But the wisdom was _justified by the her children. (MAT_11:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then humanity’s child came and he was eating and drinking, but they said, ‘Look at this fellow—he’s a glutton and a drunkard—a friend of tax collectors and immoral people.’ But wisdom is only recognised with hindsight. (MAT 11:19)

LUKE 5:29 τελωνῶν (telōnōn) N-GMP ‘there was a crowd great of tax_collectors and others who’ SR GNT Luke 5:29 word 21

OET-LV: 29 And Leui/(Lēvī) made a_ great _banquet for _him in the house of _him, and there _was a_ great _crowd of _tax _collectors and others, who were reclining with them. (LUK_5:29)

OET-RV: 29 Then Levi prepared a large meal in his home for Yeshua, plus there were also a lot of tax-collectors and others who were sitting with them. (LUK 5:29)

LUKE 5:30 τελωνῶν (telōnōn) N-GMP ‘why with the tax_collectors and sinners you_all are eating’ SR GNT Luke 5:30 word 23

OET-LV: 30 And the Farisaios_party and the scribes of _them were _grumbling at the apprentices/followers of _him saying: for_ Why _reason you _all _are _eating and you _all _are _drinking with the tax _collectors and sinners? (LUK_5:30)

OET-RV: 30 Some from the Pharisees party and religious teachers grumbled at Yeshua’s followers, complaining, “Why are you all eating and drinking with tax collectors and other low-life?” (LUK 5:30)

LUKE 7:34 τελωνῶν (telōnōn) N-GMP ‘and a drunkard a friend of tax_collectors and of sinners’ SR GNT Luke 7:34 word 18

OET-LV: 34 the son of_ the _man ˓Has˒_come, eating and drinking, and you _all _are _saying: Behold, a_ glutton _man and a_drunkard, a_friend of _tax _collectors and of _sinners. (LUK_7:34)

OET-RV: 34 Then humanity’s child came and ate and drank and you all said, ‘Look, he’s a glutton and a drunkard—a friend of tax-collectors and those who disobey God.’ (LUK 7:34)

Key: N=noun GMP=genitive,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural