Quick Definition
τελώνιον, ου, τό n.n. a tax-collector’s office
Strong's Definition
neuter of a presumed derivative of 5057; a tax-gatherer's place of business
KJV Usage: receipt of custom
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | τελέω + ὠνέομαι
57.183 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Tax, Tribute
revenue office, tax office (derivative of τελέω[e] ‘to pay taxes,’ 57.178) a place where taxes or revenue was collected from those entering a town to sell produce In the ancient world taxes were primarily of two types: (1) a head tax on each individual (which was relatively small) and (2) revenue or tribute paid for goods and produce brought into an area for sale. The latter was essentially a kind of ‘sales tax,’ but paid by the seller who obviously increased the prices of goods accordingly.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τελώνιον, -ou, TO, (τελώνης, Cf. δεκατώνιον) ; [1. customs, toll: Strabo 16, 1, 27. 2.1 toll-house, place of toll, tax-office: the place in which the tax-collector sat to collect the taxes [Wiclif, tolbothe]: Mt. ix.9; Mk. ii. 14; Lk. v. 27.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τελώνιον telōnion 3x
a custom-house, toll house; collector’s office, Mt. 9:9; Mk. 2:14; Lk. 5:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† τελώνιον, -ου, τό
(< τελώνης),
a custom house (so in MGr.), tollhouse, place of toll: Mt 9:9, Mk 2:14, Lk 5:27.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τελώνιον, “revenue office,” ‘‘ custom-house’’ (Mt 99 a/.): cf. P Par 62:1. 3 (c, B.C. 170) (as revised P Rev L p. 181) τὰς ἐκθέσε[ις ἐν τοῖς] τελωνίοις, and OGZS 4969 (A.D. 138-161) τοῖς ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον τῆς ἰχθυϊκῆς πραγματευομένοις. In P Petr IT. ττ(2)8 (mid. ili/B.c.) (= Witkowski’, p. 6) ἀπογέγραμμαι δὲ ἐπὶ τελώνιον τὸ οἰκόπεδον, ἐπὶ τελώνιον does not refer toa place, but = ‘‘ for the purpose of taxation.” MGr τελωνεῖον.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τελώνιον (telōnion) — tax booth. τελών-ιον, τό, custom-house, [NT+3rd c.BC+]
II. customs-duty, [Refs 1st c.BC+]