Greek noun (masculine) · G2778
κῆνσος
kensoskane'-sos
tax
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kēnsos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2778is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2778
properly, an enrollment ("census"), i.e. (by implication) a tax
The King James renders it: tribute.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kensos is rendered "tax". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 17:25“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”
Matthew 17:25κῆνσον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- tribute4
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κῆνσον3
- κήνσου1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3N-ASM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
Matthew
three uses
“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”
- κῆνσονkensonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: tribute
So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
- κῆνσονkensonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: tribute
Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
- κήνσουkensounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: tribute
Mark
one use
“Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”
- κῆνσονkensonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: tribute
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.