What does κῆνσος (kēnsos) mean in the Bible?
κῆνσος (kēnsos): A poll-tax levied per person, distinct from other taxation methods; represents Roman imperial tribute.
Greek · G2778
κῆνσος
Tax
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κῆνσος G2778
Pronunciation kēnsos
What does κῆνσος (kēnsos) mean in the Bible?
κῆνσος (kēnsos): A poll-tax levied per person, distinct from other taxation methods; represents Roman imperial tribute.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2778?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include taxes (3), the tax (1).
Where does κῆνσος (kēnsos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 17:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (3), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It taxes 3× Matthew 17:25, Matthew 22:17, Mark 12:14
the tax 1× Matthew 22:19
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 17:25
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 3 Mark 1
Source forms
κῆνσον 3x kēnson Matthew 17:25, Matthew 22:17, Mark 12:14
κήνσου 1x kēnsou Matthew 22:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 17:25, Matthew 22:17, Mark 12:14
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 22:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A poll-tax levied per person, distinct from other taxation methods; represents Roman imperial tribute.
Strong's G2778
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
tax
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 17:25 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κῆνσον; khnson
a poll-tax
Read verse Matthew 22:17 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κῆνσον khnson
a poll-tax
Read verse Matthew 22:19 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
κήνσου. khnsou
a poll-tax
Read verse Mark 12:14 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κῆνσον khnson
a poll-tax
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 22:19 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 17:25 · Matt 22:17 · Mark 12:14 3×
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain