5057
From Textus Receptus
5057 τελώνης telones tel-o’-nace
from 5056 and 5608; Noun, Masculine
AV-publican 22; 22
- 1) a renter or farmer of taxes
- 1a) 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.
For Synonyms see entry 5942
