ΤΕΛΩΝΕΙΣΘΩ, τελωνεισθω
TELŌNEISTHŌ, telōneisthō
Sounds Like: teh-loh-NEE-sthoh
Translations: let him be taxed, let him pay taxes, let him collect taxes
From the root: ΤΕΛΩΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb in the passive voice, indicating an action being performed upon the subject. It means 'to be taxed' or 'to have taxes collected from oneself'. In some contexts, the root verb can also mean 'to collect taxes' or 'to be a tax collector', so the passive form could also imply 'let him be a tax collector' or 'let him collect taxes'. It is used to command or permit someone to be involved with taxes, either by paying them or by having them collected from them.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Passive, Imperative
Strong’s number: G5056 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 13:39
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 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
- ΕΤΕΛΩΝΕΙΤΟ — he was collecting taxes, he was acting as a tax collector, he was levying taxes
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