Matthew 10:3:8Matt.10.3.W8PAT

τελώνης,

telônês

tax collector

Transliteration
te-LÔ-nês
Extended
teh-LOH-nês
IPA
/te.ˈlɔː.nɛːs/

Meaning by language

English
tax collector
French
collecteur d'impôts
Spanish
recaudador de impuestos
Portuguese
cobrador de impostos
German
Zöllner
Russian
сборщик налогов
Arabic-Simplified
جابي الضرائب
Hindi
कर-उगाहनेवाला
Chinese-Simplified
税吏
Korean
세리
Indonesian
pemungut pajak
Bengali
কর-সংগ্রাহক
Tagalog
maniningil ng buwis
Swahili
mtoza ushuru
Amharic
ቀራጭ
Yoruba
agbowó orí
Igbo
onye na-anakọta ụtụ isi
Twi
towgyefo
Ewe
taksi kɔlɛkta

Greek · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
τε + λώ + νης,
te + lô + nês
telônês

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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  1. word

    te-LÔ-nês

  2. phraseyour reading level

    thô-MAS KAI math-THAI-os ho te-LÔ-nês

  3. sentence

    PHI-lip-pos KAI bar-tho-lo-MAI-os thô-MAS KAI math-THAI-os ho te-LÔ-nês i-A-kô-bos ho TOU hal-PHAI-oo KAI thad-DAI-os

In contextMatthew 10:3

Philip and Bartholomew Thomas and Matthew the tax collector James son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus

About this coordinate

Matthew 10:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 10:3, 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 Matt.10.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.10.3.W8.S1) and character.