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Strong's #2778 - κῆνσος
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- census (among the Romans, denoting a register and valuation of property in accordance with which taxes were paid), in the NT the tax or tribute levied on individuals and to be paid yearly. (our capitation or poll tax)
- the coin with which the tax is paid, tribute money
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κῆνσος, ὁ,
I = Lat. census, Matthew 22:19, IGRom. 4.1213 (Thyatira), 3.41 (Nicaea), PAmh. 2.83.2 (iii/iv A.D.).
II poll-tax, Matthew 17:25.
κῆνσος, κήνσου, ὁ, the Latin wordcensus (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.
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*† κῆνσος , -ον , ὁ
(Lat. census),
a poll-tax: Matthew 17:25; Matthew 22:17, Mark 12:14 (WH, mg., ἐπικεφάλαιον ); τ . νόμισμα τοῦ κ ., Matthew 22:19 (v. MM, Exp., xv).†
* ἐπι -κεφάλαιον , -ου , τό ,
a poll-tax: Mark 12:14 (WH, mg., for κῆνσον , as in D, Syrr. Sin. pesh., 124, etc.).†
SYN.: τέλος G5056 (q.v.), φόρος G5401.
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An early example of this Latinism = ";capitation-tax"; (Mark 12:14 al.) occurs in what is probably a i/B.C. inscr. from. Bizye—β ]ασιλέα Κό [τυ ](ν) βασλέως Ῥησκουπορέως υἱ [ὸν ] Ῥωμαῖοι οἱ πρώ (τ)ως κατακληθέντες εἰς κῆνσον ἑατῶν θεόν (Annual of Brit. School of Athens xii. p. 178). For the meaning ";census,"; see BGU III. 917.6 (A.D. 348) ἐκ τοῦ ] ἱερ [οῦ ] κήνσου ἐπὶ Σαβίνῳ κηνσίτορι, P Amh II. 83.2 (iii/iv A.D.) ἐν τῷ κήνσῳ τῷ [γενομένῳ ὑπὸ ] Σαβείνου τοῦ κην [σ ]ίτορος.
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