What does φόρος (phóros) mean in the Bible?
φόρος (phóros): Tax imposed by a ruling power on subject peoples; distinct from voluntary or commercial levies.
Greek · G5411
φόρος
Tax
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φόρος G5411
Pronunciation phóros
What does φόρος (phóros) mean in the Bible?
φόρος (phóros): Tax imposed by a ruling power on subject peoples; distinct from voluntary or commercial levies.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5411?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include taxes (3), payment of taxes (1), taxes [are due] (1).
Where does φόρος (phóros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 20:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (3), Luke (2).
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× Luke 20:22, Romans 13:6, Romans 13:7
payment of taxes 1× Luke 23:2
taxes [are due] 1× Romans 13:7
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Luke 20:22 φόρον to taxes Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 23:2 φόρους to payment of taxes Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Romans 13:6 φόρους to taxes Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Romans 13:7 φόρον to taxes Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Romans 13:7 φόρον to taxes [are due] Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 20:22
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
Luke 2 Romans 3
Source forms
φόρον 3x phoron Luke 20:22, Romans 13:7
φόρους 2x phorous Luke 23:2, Romans 13:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Luke 20:22, Romans 13:7
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 2x Luke 23:2, Romans 13:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Tax imposed by a ruling power on subject peoples; distinct from voluntary or commercial levies.
Strong's G5411
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 20:22 Source Gloss
tax
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Tax imposed by a ruling power on subject peoples; distinct from voluntary or commercial levies.
(φέρω), [in LXX chiefly for מַס, also for מִדָּה, etc. ;] tribute paid by a subject nation (cf. 1Ma.10:33): φ. δοῦναι (1Ma.8:4 1Mac 8:7), Luk.20:22 23:2; ἀποδοῦναι, Rom.13:7; τελεῖν, Rom.13:6 (Hdt., al.).
Synonymsκῆνσος, τέλος (which see)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 20:22 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
φόρον foron
a tax, tribute
Read verse Luke 23:2 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
φόρους forouv
a tax, tribute
Read verse Romans 13:6 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
φόρους forouv
a tax, tribute
Read verse Romans 13:7 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
φόρον foron
a tax, tribute
Read verse Romans 13:7 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
φόρον· foron
a tax, tribute
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 5 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 20:22 · Rom 13:7 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 23:2 · Rom 13:6 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Political tax or tribute owed to a ruling authority, specifically Caesar
Civic obligation to pay taxes to governing authorities for public administration
Financial obligations and tribute due to authorities, rendered alongside other civic duties
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
φόρος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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