Quick Definition
κῆνσος, ου, ὁ n.m. a poll-tax
Strong's Definition
of Latin origin; properly, an enrollment ("census"), i.e. (by implication) a tax
KJV Usage: tribute
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κῆνσος, -ov, ὁ, the Lat. word census (among the Rowrit. mans, denoting a register and valuation of property in accordance with which taxes were paid), in the N. T. (as in Cod. Just. 4, 47) the tax or tribute levied on individuals and to be paid yearly (Hesych. κῆνσος - εἶδος νομίσματος, ἐπικεφάλαιον, our capitation or poll tax): Mt. xvii. 25; xxii. 17; Mk. xii. 14; τὸ νόμισμα τοῦ κήνσου, the coin with which the tax is paid, tribute money, Mt. xxii. 19.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κῆνσος kēnsos 4x
a census, assessment, enumeration of the people and a valuation of their property; in NT tribute, tax, Mt. 17:25; poll-tax, Mt. 22:17, 19; Mk. 12:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† κῆνσος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. census), a poll-tax: Mt 17:25 22:17, Mk 12:14 (WH, mg., ἐπικεφάλαιον); τ. νόμισμα τοῦ κ., Mt 22:19 (v. MM, Exp., xv).†
SYN:: τέλος (q.v.), φόρος.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κῆνσος Ixii. (1907), p. 488) understands κεφαλίς as = ‘‘roll”: cf Gardthausen Griech. Palacographie® 1. p. 141.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κῆνσος (kēnsos) — tax. κῆνσος, ὁ, = Latin census, [NT+3rd c.AD+]
II. poll-tax, [NT]