noun · neuter

telōniem

Greekτελώνιον (telōnion)

Strong’sG5058

a tax-collector's office

stem telōni-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

tax booth3×

What it means

*† τελώνιον, -ου, τό

(< τελώνης),

a custom house (so in MGr.), tollhouse, place of toll: Mt 9:9, Mk 2:14, Lk 5:27.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5058 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtel-o'-nee-on

a tax-gatherer's place of business

Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of G5057;

King Jamesreceipt of custom.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	telōniem	telōnieim
of, belonging to genitive	telōnieu	telōnieiu
to, for dative	telōnie	telōniei

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

telōnistem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

telōnie 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

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

telōniem3×

Matthew 9:9“tax booth”Kai paragarōtos tos Iēsus ekeithen horata anthrōpon katherōton epi tem telōniem, Mathaion legirōton, kai legatō auto; Akolouthasōr mi; kai anistanaratos akolouthata auto.As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.

Mark 2:14“tax booth”kai paragarōtos horata Levion ton tou Halfaiou katherōton epi tem telōniem, kai legatō auto; Akolouthasōr mi. kai anistanaratos akolouthata auto.As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.

Luke 5:27“tax booth”Kai meta houteim exerchata kai theaseta telōnon onome Levion katherōton epi tem telōniem, kai legata auto; Akolouthasōr mi.After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,