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In the New Testament, it is specifically used to describe the booth or office where tax collectors, such as Matthew, conducted their business. The word is used to denote the physical location associated with the collection of taxes.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Roman Empire, tax collection was often outsourced to local contractors known as publicans or tax collectors. These individuals were responsible for collecting taxes from the populace and were often viewed with disdain by their fellow Jews, as they were seen as collaborators with the Roman occupiers. The tax booth, or "telónion," was a symbol of this unpopular profession. Tax collectors were often associated with corruption and extortion, as they frequently collected more than what was required to increase their own profits.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/5057.htm">telónés</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a place of (collecting) toll<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>tax (1), tax booth (2), tax collector's booth (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5058: τελώνιον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">τελώνιον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">τελωνιου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">τελώνης</span>, cf. <span class="greek2">δεκατωνιον</span>); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">customs, toll</span>: <span class="abbreviation">Strabo</span> 16, 1, 27. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">toll-house, place of toll, tax-office</span>: the place in which the tax-collector sat to collect the taxes (Wycliffe, <span class="accented">tolbothe</span>): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-9.htm">Matthew 9:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-14.htm">Mark 2:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-27.htm">Luke 5:27</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>tax office<p>Neuter of a presumed derivative of <a href="/greek/5057.htm">telones</a>; a tax-gatherer's place of business -- receipt of custom. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5057.htm">telones</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>έτεμνον ετμήθη τελωνιον τελώνιον τεμείς τεμένη τμηθή telonion telōnion telṓnion<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/9-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 9:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τὸ <b>τελώνιον</b> Μαθθαῖον λεγόμενον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> sitting <span class="itali">in the tax collector's booth;</span> and He said<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> at <span class="itali">the receipt of custom:</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> at the <span class="itali">tax booth</span> Matthew called<p><b><a href="/text/mark/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 2:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τὸ <b>τελώνιον</b> καὶ λέγει</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> sitting <span class="itali">in the tax booth,</span> and He said<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> at <span class="itali">the receipt of custom,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> at the <span class="itali">tax booth</span> and says<p><b><a href="/text/luke/5-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 5:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τὸ <b>τελώνιον</b> καὶ εἶπεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> out and noticed <span class="itali">a tax</span> collector<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> at <span class="itali">the receipt of custom:</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/5-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> at the <span class="itali">tax booth</span> and said<p><b><a href="/greek/5058.htm">Strong's Greek 5058</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5058.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/telo_nion_5058.htm">τελώνιον — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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