Lexicon kensos: a poll-tax Original Word: κῆνσος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kensos Phonetic Spelling: (kane'-sos) Short Definition: a poll-tax Definition: a poll-tax. HELPS word-Studies 2778 kḗnsos – poll-tax; tribute-money; "literally, 'the current coin of tribute,' which was not paid in Jewish, but rather in Roman money" (WS, 71). Thayer's STRONGS NT 2778: κῆνσοςκῆνσος, κήνσου, ὁ, the Latin word census (among the Romans, 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 ( Hesychius κῆνσος. εἶδος νομισματος, ἐπικεφάλαιον, our capitation or poll tax): Matthew 17:25; Matthew 22:17; Mark 12:14; τό νόμισμα τοῦ κήνσου, the coin with which the tax is paid, tribute money, Matthew 22:19.
Strong's tribute, poll tax Of Latin origin; properly, an enrollment ("census"), i.e. (by implication) a tax -- tribute. |
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