Definition

a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue

Etymology

from G5056 (τέλος) and G5608 (ὠνέομαι);

Word family

• τέλος télos
• ὠνέομαι ōnéomai

How the KJV renders it

• publican

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.