τελώνιον

Dictionary

τελώνιον, ου, τό

Greek transliteration

telōnion

Simplified transliteration

telonion

Strong's number

5058

GK Number

5468

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

n-2c

Gloss

tax collector's booth

Definition

a custom-house, toll house; collector's office, Mt. 9:9; Mk. 2:14; Lk. 5:27*

Matthew 9:9	As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax (telōnion \| τελώνιον \| acc sg neut) booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” So Matthew got up and followed him.
Mark 2:14	As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax (telōnion \| τελώνιον \| acc sg neut) booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” So Levi got up and followed him.
Luke 5:27	After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax (telōnion \| τελώνιον \| acc sg neut) booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.”

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