Luke 18:11:28Luke.18.11.W28TAB
τελώνης
telônês
“tax collector”
- Transliteration
- te-LÔ-nês
- Extended
- teh-LOH-nêss
- IPA
- /teˈlɔː.nɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- tax collector
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
te-LÔ-nês
- sentence
ho pha-ri-SAI-os sta-THEIS pros he-au-TON TAU-ta pro-sê-EU-khe-to ho the-OS eu-kha-ri-STÔ soi HO-ti ouk ei-MI HÔS-per hoi loi-POI tôn an-THRÔ-pôn HAR-pa-ges A-di-koi moi-KHOI ê kai hôs HOU-tos ho te-LÔ-nês
Exegesis
The disjunctive ē kai {ἢ καὶ | ē kai} ‘or even’ heightens the contrast, leading to the final comparative hōs hoútos ho telōnēs {ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης | hōs hoû-tos ho te-lō-nḗs} ‘like this tax collector’. The Greek uses participial circumstantial clauses and comparative particles with asyndeton for rhetorical emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootté-los
“tax, toll”
In context — Luke 18:11
The Pharisee, having stood by himself, was praying these things: “O God , I give thanks to You that I am not like the rest of men—extortioners, unjust , adulterers—or even like this tax collector.”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:11:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of Luke 18:11, so the Greek word τελώνης (telônês) 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.18.11.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.11.W28.S1) and character.