What does ἀρχιτελώνης (architelṓnēs) mean in the Bible?
ἀρχιτελώνης (architelṓnēs): Chief tax-collector who oversaw other publicans; represents corrupt authority within Jewish taxation system under Rome
Greek · G754
ἀρχιτελώνης
A principle tax-gatherer
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ἀρχιτελώνηςG754
Pronunciationarchitelṓnēs
What does ἀρχιτελώνης (architelṓnēs) mean in the Bible?
ἀρχιτελώνης (architelṓnēs): Chief tax-collector who oversaw other publicans; represents corrupt authority within Jewish taxation system under Rome
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How does the BSB render G754?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include a chief tax collector (1).
Where does ἀρχιτελώνης (architelṓnēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 19:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (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 Ita chief tax collector1×Luke 19:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 19:2
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Luke1
Source forms
ἀρχιτελώνης1xarchitelōnēsLuke 19:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xLuke 19:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Chief tax-collector who oversaw other publicans; represents corrupt authority within Jewish taxation system under Rome
Strong'sG754
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a principle tax-gatherer
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Chief tax-collector who oversaw other publicans; represents corrupt authority within Jewish taxation system under Rome
a chief tax-collector, chief publican: Luk.19:2.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 19:2Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀρχιτελώνης,arcitelwnhv
head of a custom-house, chief tax-gatherer
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 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 patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineLuke 19:21×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Luke 19:1–10ἀρχιτελώνηςarchitelṓnēs
Chief tax collector
Word Origins
ἀρχιτελώνης is built from these roots: