Lexical Summary kēnsos: to muzzle Original Word: κῆνσοςTransliteration: kēnsos Phonetic Spelling: (kane'-sos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: to muzzle Meaning: to muzzle Strong's Concordance tribute, poll taxOf Latin origin; properly, an enrollment ("census"), i.e. (by implication) a tax -- tribute. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2778: κῆνσοςκῆνσος, 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. |