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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.

2. (n.) Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.

3. (n.) The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

REVENUE

rev'-e-nu:

(1) appethom, "revenue or income" (Ezra 4:13 the King James Version);

(2) tebhu'ah, "increase," "revenue" (Proverbs 8:19; Proverbs 15:6 Isaiah 23:3 Jeremiah 12:13); prosodos, "income" (2 Maccabees 3:3; 4:8 (the Revised Version (British and American) "fund"); 9:16).

Greek

5057. telones -- tax collector
... tax collector. From telos and oneomai; a tax-farmer, ie Collector of public revenue --
publican. see GREEK telos. see GREEK oneomai. (telonai) -- 8 Occurrences. ...
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3017. Leui -- Levi, the name of several Israelites
... of Jesus, (c) third son of Jacob, the patriarch, and founder of a tribe named after
him, (d) son of Alphaeus, and called Matthew, a revenue officer and one of ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8393. tebuah -- product, revenue
... 8392, 8393. tebuah. 8394 . product, revenue. Transliteration: tebuah
Phonetic Spelling: (teb-oo-aw') Short Definition: produce. ...
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674. appethom -- perhaps treasury
... 673, 674. appethom. 675 . perhaps treasury. Transliteration: appethom Phonetic
Spelling: (ap-pe-thome') Short Definition: revenue. ... revenue. ...
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8394. tebunah -- an understanding
... 1), skillful (1), skillfully (1), understanding (37). fruit, gain, increase,
revenue. And (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}; or towbunah ...
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5801. izzabon -- wares
... fair, ware. From azab in the sense of letting go (for a price, ie Selling); trade,
ie The place (mart) or the payment (revenue) -- fair, ware. see HEBREW azab. ...
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Library

The Jews Greatly Complain of Archelaus and Desire that they May be ...
... Under this last was Perea and Galilee, with a revenue of two hundred talents; but
Batanea, and Trachonitis, and Auranitis, and certain parts of Zeno's house ...
/.../chapter 6 the jews greatly.htm

Letter Xcvi. (AD 408. )
... For that act of fraud was none the less truly fraud because perpetrated
at the expense of the public revenue. The same Paul (the ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xcvi a d 408.htm

Concerning Things Belonging to the Church, which Presbyters May ...
... be reclaimed; and it shall be in the discretion of the bishop whether it is better
to receive the purchase price, or not; for oftentimes the revenue of the ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xv concerning things belonging.htm

Relation xi. Written from Palencia in May 1581, and Addressed to ...
... I am as one to whom another has granted by deed a large revenue, into the enjoyment
and use of which he is to come at a certain time, but until then has ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/relation xi written from palencia.htm

Antipater is Accused Before Varus, and is Convicted of Laying a ...
... yielded up my royal while I am alive, and whom I have openly named for the successor
to my dominions in my testament, and given him a yearly revenue of his own ...
/.../chapter 32 antipater is accused.htm

Reproving all those who Live on Spiritual Goods in an Inordinate ...
... REPROVING ALL THOSE WHO LIVE ON SPIRITUAL GOODS IN AN INORDINATE MANNER.
Now Christ left His treasure and His revenue here on earth. ...
/.../the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter xlvi reproving all those.htm

That no one Should Take from the Possessions of the Church.
... Likewise it seemed good that no one should sell anything belonging to the Church:
that if there was no revenue, and other great necessity urged thereto, this ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xxvi greek xxix that.htm

The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
... in which he that is chief among us, is not he that is richest in gold, but he that
is richest in faith; a kingdom which depends on no revenue accept the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/the triumphal entry into jerusalem.htm

Melted by Kindness
... Zacchaeus was at the head of the revenue office in Jericho, a position of considerable
importance, inasmuch as there was a large volume of trade through that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/melted by kindness.htm

Article xii (V): of Repentance.
... Then, just as they redeem purgatory by means of satisfactions, so a scheme of redeeming
satisfactions which was most abundant in revenue [which became quite a ...
/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 15 article xii v .htm

Thesaurus

Revenue (10 Occurrences)
... personal; income. 2. (n.) Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise. 3.
(n ... public use. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. REVENUE. rev'-e ...
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Revenues (7 Occurrences)
... unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will
not pay tribute, impost, or toll, and so thou wilt endamage the revenue of the ...
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Province (66 Occurrences)
... 2. Roman Provincial Administration (1) First Period (2) Second Period (3) Third
Period 3. Division of Provinces 4. Province of Judea 5. Revenue LITERATURE 1 ...
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Taxation (1 Occurrence)
... taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation
or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a ...
/t/taxation.htm - 7k

Endamage (1 Occurrence)
... en-dam'-aj: Archaic for "damage"; Ezra 4:13 the King James Version: "Thou shalt
damage the revenue of the kings," the Revised Version (British and American ...
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Cutter (3 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; --
also called revenue cutter. 7. (n.) A small, light one-horse sleigh. ...
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Onias
... Jason, the brother of Onias, having offered the new king larger revenue, secured
the priesthood, which he held until he himself was similarly supplanted by ...
/o/onias.htm - 10k

Judge (297 Occurrences)
... This fact may indicate that while for revenue purposes the "taskmasters" were over
the people, they were yet, just as at a later time when under the Romans ...
/j/judge.htm - 46k

Wares (23 Occurrences)
... activity, property, possession, work, occupation, thing made, deed, business (Ezekiel
27:16, 18); (6) `izzabhon, "selling," trade, revenue, mart, letting go ...
/w/wares.htm - 15k

Income (7 Occurrences)
... the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation,
or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary ...
/i/income.htm - 9k

Bible Concordance

Revenue (10 Occurrences)

Romans 13:7 Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Kings 8:6 And the king asked the woman, and she told him. And the king appointed a certain chamberlain, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the revenue of the land since the day that she left the country even until now.
(DBY)

Ezra 4:13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
(KJV JPS WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 3:14 For the gain thereof is better than the gain of silver, and her revenue than fine gold.
(DBY)

Proverbs 8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Proverbs 10:16 The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.
(DBY)

Proverbs 14:4 Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 23:3 On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 33:18 Your heart will give thought to the cause of your fear: where is the scribe, where is he who made a record of the payments, where is he by whom the towers were numbered?
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Revenue

Revenue: Solomon's

Related Terms

Revenues (7 Occurrences)

Province (66 Occurrences)

Taxation (1 Occurrence)

Endamage (1 Occurrence)

Cutter (3 Occurrences)

Onias

Judge (297 Occurrences)

Wares (23 Occurrences)