noun · masculine
foros
Strong’sG5411
a tax, tribute
stem for-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
φόρος, -ου, ὁ
(< φέρω), [in LXX chiefly for מַס, also for מִדָּה, etc.;]
SYN.: κῆνσος, τέλος (q.v.)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5411 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfor'-os
a load (as borne), i.e. (figuratively) a tax (properly, an individual assessment on persons or property; whereas G5056 is usually a general toll on goods or travel)
Fromfrom G5342;
King Jamestribute.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(φέρω) that which is brought in by way of payment, tribute, φόρου ἀπαγωγή Refs 5th c.BC+; ξυμμάχους φόρου ὑποτελεῖς subject to pay tribute, Refs; φόρον ὑποτελέειν to pay tribute, Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. τάξασθαι to agree to pay it Refs 5th c.BC+; φόρον ταῖς πόλεσι τάξαι to fix their quotas of tribute, Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. δέχεσθαι to receive it, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 generally, any payment, φόρον ἀπέφερον τῷ δήμῳ Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ φόρους by instalments, Senatus consultum cited in Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐπιβαλλειν φ. impose a forced levy, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | foros | forois |
| object accusative | foron3×φόρον | foroin2×φόρους |
| direct address vocative | foror | foroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | forou | foroiu |
| to, for dative | foro | foroi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
foro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
foron“taxes”objectaccusative singular3×
Luke 20:22exestinatō nin Kaisaro foron dōara ē ou?… it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
Romans 13:7apodōavar pantoi tain ofeilain, to ton foron ton foron, to tem telem tem …Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue …
Romans 13:7… tain ofeilain, to ton foron ton foron, to tem telem tem telem, to …… you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue …
foroin“taxes”objectaccusative plural2×
Luke 23:2… diastrefarōnton tem ethnem nu kai kōluarōnton foroin Kaisaro dōarō kai legarōnton heauton christon …… subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to …
Romans 13:6dia houtem gar kai foroin telavō, leitourgois gar theou alō eis …This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants …