τελώνης, -ου, ὁ

(τέλος, ὠνέομαι)

__1. a farmer of taxes (Let. publicanus).

__2. A subordinate of the former, who collected taxes or tolls in a particular district, a tax-gatherer (EV, publican): Mat.5:46 10:3, Luk.3:12 5:27, 29 7:29 18:10-11, 13; pl. τ. κ. ἁμαρτωλοί, Mat.9:10-11 11:19, Mrk.2:15-16, Luk.5:30 7:34 15:1; τ. κ. πόρναι, Mat.21:31-32; ὁ ἐθνικὸς κ. ὁ τ. Mat.18:17 (cf. DB, iv, 172; ext. 394 f.; MM, xxiv).†

(AS)

a farmer of taxes; a tax-gatherer; publican