G3511

νεωκόρος

neōkoros

Appears in 1 Bible verse

Strong's Definition

and kor (to sweep) a temple-servant, i.e. (byimplication) a votary &#8212 worshipper.

Detailed Meaning

one who sweeps and cleans a temple, one who has charge of a temple, to keep and adorn it, a sacristan, the worshipper of a deity, word appears from coins still extant, it was an honourary title [temple-keeper or temple-warden] of certain cities, esp. in Asia Minor, or in which some special worship of some deity or even some deified human ruler had been established used of Ephesus

Part of Speech

masculine noun

KJV Translation Counts

worshipper(1x)

Related Words

G3485 | ναός | temple, a shrine