Strongs Number: G3511
- Greek Word
- νεωκόρος
- Transliteration
- neōkoros
- Phonetic
- neh-o-kor'-os
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a temple servant that is (by implication) a votary
- Thayers Definition
-
1. one who sweeps and cleans a temple
2. one who has charge of a temple, to keep and adorn it, a sacristan
3. the worshipper of a deity
a. 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
- Origin
- From a form of G3485 and κορέω koreō (to sweep)
- Bible Usage
- worshipper.