What does τελώνιον · τελώνης mean in the Bible?
τελώνιον · τελώνης is a Greek phrase meaning "tax booth, tax collector".
Greek · G5058, G5057
τελώνιον
A tax-gatherer's place of business · tax collector
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τελώνιον G5058 a tax-gatherer's place of business
Pronunciation telṓnion
Physical location where tax collectors conducted business, marking social/spiritual contamination in Jewish eyes.
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τελώνης G5057 tax collector
Pronunciation telṓnēs
Jewish tax collector for Rome; socially despised as traitor and collaborator, yet evangelically significant figure in Jesus' ministry.
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What does τελώνιον (telōnion) mean in the Bible?
τελώνιον · τελώνης is a Greek phrase meaning "tax booth, tax collector".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5058, G5057?
G5058, G5057 is connected to 3 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. tax booth, tax collector
Source Gloss
tax booth, tax collector
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 9:9 · Mark 2:14 · Luke 5:27 3×
Word Origins
τελώνιον is built from this root:
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