Quick Definition
φόρος, ου, ὁ n.m. a tax, tribute
Strong's Definition
from 5342; a load (as borne), i.e. (figuratively) a tax (properly, an individual assessment on persons or property; whereas 5056 is usually a general toll on goods or travel)
KJV Usage: tribute
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φόρος, -ov, ὁ, (fr. φέρω, hence prop. ὃ φέρεται; cf. φόβος), fr. Hdt. down, Sept. for Ὁ and (2 Esdr. iv. 20; vi. 8; Neh. v. 4) for 79, tribute, esp. the annual tax levied upon houses, lands, and persons [cf. Thom. Mag. ed. Ritschl p. 387, 13; Grotius as quoted in Trench § evil. 7; see τέλος, 2]: φόρον, φόρους διδόναι Καίσαρι, Lk, xx. 22; xxiii. 2, (1 Mace. viii. 4, 7); ἀποδιδόναι, Ro. xiii. 7; τελεῖν, Ro. xiii. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φόρος phoros 5x
tribute, tax, strictly such as is laid on dependent and subject people, Lk. 20:22; 23:2; Rom. 13:6, 7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φόρος, -ου, ὁ
(< φέρω), [in LXX chiefly for מַס, also for מִדָּה, etc. ;]
tribute paid by a subject nation (cf. I Mac 10:33): φ. δοῦναι (I Mac 8:4, 7), Lk 20:22 23:2; ἀποδοῦναι, Ro 13:7; τελεῖν, Ro 13:6 (Hdt., al.).†
SYN.: κῆνσος, τέλος (q.v.)
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φόρος in the wide sense of ‘‘ payment,” “‘rent,” may be illustrated by such passages as P Giss I. 954 (A.D. 95) φ[ό]ρου οὗ ἐμίσθωσά σοι] ἐλαιουργίου, ““ rent of the vineyard which I let to you,” P Oxy X. 1279'® (A.D. 139) φόρου τῶν <v> opa@y Kar’ ἔτος σὺν παντὶ δραχμῶν τεσσάρων, ‘at the annual rent for the pastures of four drachmae in all” (Edd. ), 7b. XVII. 2141" (A.D. 208?) ἐξοδίασον εἰς φόρους ἐδαφῶν - +. Gpyuplo[v] Spaxpals] τριακοσίας, ‘‘ pay for rent of lands three hundred diachmae of silver,” and P Tebt IL. 377 27 (A.D. 210), which illustrates the common distinction between ἐκφόριον (‘trent in kind”) and φόρος (‘rent in money ”’) in leases of the Roman period ; for exceptions see the editor's note, and 724. 4245 (late iii/A.p.) ἴσθε δὲ ὅτι ὀφίλις φόρους Kal ἀποφορὰς ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν, ὡς ἐὰςν» μὴ ἀποκαταστασίας [δ]ηὴ πέμψῃς [ο]ῖδάς σου τὸ[ν] κίνδυνον, “Jet me tell you that you owe seven years’ rent and dues, so unless you now send discharges you know your danver.” (Edd.). In P Tand I. 2615 (A.D. 98) we have the phrase φόρου τοῦ παᾳγτός, ‘‘the total rent,” for which the editor compares P Lond 906? (Α.Ρ. 128) (= III. p. 108), P Fay 9338 (A.D. 161), a/. See also Preisigke Fachworter s.v.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φόρος (phoros) — tax. φόρος, ὁ, (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+]