Luke 18:10:14Luke.18.10.W14TAB

τελώνης

telonês

tax collector

Transliteration
te-LO-nês
Extended
teh-LOH-nêhs
IPA
/teˈlo.nɛːs/

Meaning by language

English
tax collector

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Result
τε + λώ + νης
te + lo + nês
telonês

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new
Etai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    te-LO-nês

  2. sentence

    AN-thrô-poi DY-o a-NE-bê-san eis to hi-e-RON pro-SEU-ksas-thai ho heis pha-ri-SA-i-os kai ho HE-te-ros te-LO-nês

Exegesis

The next segment consists of two parallel nominative appositional phrases: ho heis Pharisaios {ὁ εἷς Φαρισαῖος | hò hêîs Pha-ri-sái-os} ‘the one, a Pharisee’ and ho heteros telones {ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης | hò hé-te-ros te-lṓ-nēs} ‘the other, a tax collector’.

Root and etymology

Roottau–epsilon–lambda–omega–nu

tax collector, public revenue officer

In contextLuke 18:10

Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee , and the other was a tax collector.

About this coordinate

Luke 18:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 18:10, so the Greek word τελώνης (telonês) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.18.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.10.W14.S1) and character.