{"derivation": "from G5056 (\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03ce\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2) and G5608 (\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03ce\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2);", "kjv_def": "publican", "lemma": "\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03ce\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2", "frequency": 21, "strongs_def": " a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue", "outline": "<ol><li> a renter or farmer of taxes<ol><li> among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank</li></ol><li> a tax gatherer, collector of taxes or tolls, one employed by a publican or farmer general in the collection of taxes. The tax collectors were as a class, detested not only by the Jews, but by other nations also, both on account of their employment and of the harshness, greed, and deception, with which they did their job.</li></ol>"}