Greek word study
τελώνης G5057
- Transliteration
- telṓnēs
- KJV glosses
- publican
Lexical summary
a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information