Strong G3511νεωκόρος
temple guard
- Transliteration
- neōkoros
- Pronunciation
- neh-o-kor'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From a form of G3485 and κορέω koreō (to sweep); a temple servant that is (by implication) a votary: - worshipper.
Detailed definition
νεω-κόρος, -ου
a temple-keeper; as honorary title given to a city (see DB, i, 722 b): Act.19:35.†
(AS)
a temple-keeper; as honorary title given to a city (see DB, i, 722 b): Act.19:35.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3511 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- worshipper1
First verses
- Acts 19:35And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νεώκορ-ος, ὁ,
Doric dialect νᾱοκόρος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“GDI” 2116.14, +others (Delph., 2nd c.BC), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: contraction νᾱκόρος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMagd.” 35.7 (3rd c.BC, probably _Doric dialect_), “GDI” 1912.9, +others (Delph., 2nd c.BC), 5087 (from Crete))]: as feminine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 42(1).393, +others (Epid., 2nd c.AD))]; ναυκόρος, ἡ, Buresch Aus Lydien p.58: poetry νηοκόρος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.22 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]:—warden of a temple, as a sacred officer, τοῖς ἱεροῖς ν. γίγνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 759a)]; ἱερέας τε καὶ ν.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 953a; παρὰ Μεγαβύξῳ τῷ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.3.6, compare “Inscription Prien.” 231 (4th c.BC))]; βωμοῖο ν. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.324 (1st c.AD: Automedon Epigrammaticus); ν. τοῦ μεγάλου Σαράπιδος “POxy.” 100.2 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 sacristan, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.41, 45, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.12.5)]; ἐνβόλιον ἔχων ν. in a list of silver articles, [Refs (“IG” 7.3498.25 (from Oropus).)]
II title assumed by Asiatic cities in Imperial times, when they had built a temple in honour of their patron-god or the Emperor, as Ephesus, ν. Ἀρτέμιδος [NT (NT.Act.19.35)]; also as adjective, τῷ ν. Ἐφεσίων δήμῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 481.3 (2nd c.AD),compare “BMus.Inscription” 481*.4 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD))]; δὶς ν. τῶν Σεβαστῶν, of Ephesus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 496.7 (2nd c.AD))]; of Smyrna, [Refs (“IGRom.” 4.1419. (Prob. derived from κορέω,)] sweep, the originally sense being probably temple-sweeper,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 115, 121, 795 (where the word does not occur), νεωκορέω 1.2, 11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.236, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; but 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus explanation it ὁ τὸν νεὼν κοσμῶν.., ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὁ σαίρων.))]
Doric dialect νᾱοκόρος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“GDI” 2116.14, +others (Delph., 2nd c.BC), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: contraction νᾱκόρος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMagd.” 35.7 (3rd c.BC, probably _Doric dialect_), “GDI” 1912.9, +others (Delph., 2nd c.BC), 5087 (from Crete))]: as feminine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 42(1).393, +others (Epid., 2nd c.AD))]; ναυκόρος, ἡ, Buresch Aus Lydien p.58: poetry νηοκόρος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.22 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]:—warden of a temple, as a sacred officer, τοῖς ἱεροῖς ν. γίγνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 759a)]; ἱερέας τε καὶ ν.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 953a; παρὰ Μεγαβύξῳ τῷ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.3.6, compare “Inscription Prien.” 231 (4th c.BC))]; βωμοῖο ν. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.324 (1st c.AD: Automedon Epigrammaticus); ν. τοῦ μεγάλου Σαράπιδος “POxy.” 100.2 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 sacristan, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.41, 45, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.12.5)]; ἐνβόλιον ἔχων ν. in a list of silver articles, [Refs (“IG” 7.3498.25 (from Oropus).)]
II title assumed by Asiatic cities in Imperial times, when they had built a temple in honour of their patron-god or the Emperor, as Ephesus, ν. Ἀρτέμιδος [NT (NT.Act.19.35)]; also as adjective, τῷ ν. Ἐφεσίων δήμῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 481.3 (2nd c.AD),compare “BMus.Inscription” 481*.4 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD))]; δὶς ν. τῶν Σεβαστῶν, of Ephesus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 496.7 (2nd c.AD))]; of Smyrna, [Refs (“IGRom.” 4.1419. (Prob. derived from κορέω,)] sweep, the originally sense being probably temple-sweeper,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 115, 121, 795 (where the word does not occur), νεωκορέω 1.2, 11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.236, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; but 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus explanation it ὁ τὸν νεὼν κοσμῶν.., ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὁ σαίρων.))]