Quick Definition
ἀρχιτελώνης, ου, ὁ n.m. head of a custom-house, chief tax-gatherer
Strong's Definition
from 746 and 5057; a principle tax-gatherer
KJV Usage: chief among the publicans
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | ἄρχω + τελέω
57.185 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Tax, Tribute
chief tax collector, director of tax collectors chief tax collector, in the sense of one who controlled activities of certain other tax collectors It is also possible to understand ἀρχιτελώνης as meaning a principal or important tax collector rather than one who controlled the activities of other tax collectors.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀρχι-τελώνης, -ov, 6, a chief of the tax-collectors, chief publican: Lk. xix. 2. [See τελώνης.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀρχιτελώνης architelōnēs 1x
a chief publican, chief collector of the customs or taxes, Lk. 19:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀρχι-τελώνης, -ου, ὁ, a chief tax-collector, chief publican: Lk 19:2.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀρχιτελώνης (architelōnēs) — chief tax collector. ἀρχι-τελώνης, ου, ὁ, chief toll-collector, chief-publican, [NT]