ἘΤΕΛΩΝΕΙΤΟ, ἐτελωνειτο
ETELŌNEITO, etelōneito
Sounds Like: eh-teh-LOH-nay-toh
Translations: was collecting taxes, was a tax collector, was taxed, was paying taxes
From the root: ΤΕΛΩΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb in the imperfect tense, indicating an ongoing or repeated action in the past. It refers to the act of collecting taxes or being a tax collector. In the middle voice, it could also mean to pay taxes or to be taxed. It describes someone engaged in the business of tax collection or subject to taxation.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5056 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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.
- ΕΤΕΛΩΝΕΙΤΟ — he was collecting taxes, he was acting as a tax collector, he was levying taxes
- ΤΕΛΩΝΕΙΣΘΩ — let him be taxed, let him pay taxes, let him collect taxes
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