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Luke 7:29
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Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
G2532
And
G3956
all
G3588
the
G2992
people
that
G191
heard
him
G2532
and
G3588
the
G5057
publicans
G1344
justified
G2316
God
being
G907
baptized
with
G3588
the
G908
baptism
of
G2491
John
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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.