ΕΤΕΛΩΝΕΙΤΟ, ετελωνειτο
ETELŌNEITO, etelōneito
Sounds Like: eh-teh-loh-NEH-ee-toh
Translations: he was collecting taxes, he was acting as a tax collector, he was levying taxes
From the root: ΤΕΛΩΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect middle/passive indicative form of the verb 'τελωνέω' (telōneō). It describes an ongoing action in the past, specifically that someone 'was collecting taxes' or 'was acting as a tax collector'. In the middle voice, it could imply that the action was done for oneself or by oneself, while in the passive voice, it would mean 'was being taxed' or 'was being collected'. Given the context of tax collection, the active or middle sense of 'collecting taxes' is more common.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Imperfect, Middle or Passive, Indicative
Strong’s number: G5056 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 13:39
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΛΩΝΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΤΕΛΩΝΕΙΤΟ — was collecting taxes, was a tax collector, was taxed, was paying taxes
- ΤΕΛΩΝΕΙΣΘΩ — let him be taxed, let him pay taxes, let him collect taxes
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