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Mark 2:15
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Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
G2532
And
it
came
to
G1096
pass
that
G1722
as
G846
Jesus
sat
at
G2621
meat
G1722
in
G846
his
G3614
house
G4183
many
G5057
publicans
G2532
and
G268
sinners
sat
also
together
G4873
with
G846
Jesus
G2532
and
G846
his
G3101
disciples
G1063
for
there
G2258
were
G4183
many
G2532
and
they
G190
followed
G846
him
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Greek-English Dictionary
Strongs: G5057
Greek: τελώνης
Transliteration: telōnēs
Pronunciation: tel-o'-nace
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Bible Usage: publican.
Definition:
a tax farmer that is collector of public revenue
1. a renter or farmer of taxes
a. among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank
2. a tax gatherer, collector of taxes or tolls, one employed by a publican or farmer general in the collection of taxes. The tax collectors were as a class, detested not only by the Jews, but by other nations also, both on account of their employment and of the harshness, greed, and deception, with which they did their job.
Thayer's Greek–English Lexicon
of the New Testament 1889
of the New Testament 1889
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.