05057
5057 telones {tel-o'-nace}

源自 5056 與 5608; TDNT - 8:88,1166; 陽性名詞

欽定本 - publican 22; 22

1) 稅吏, 稅收人員
5057 telones {tel-o'-nace}

from 5056 and 5608; TDNT - 8:88,1166; n m

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.