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Neokoros

neh-o-kor'-os
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Neokoros Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 1
  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
    1. 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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
neokoroß
Origin
from a form of (3485) and koreo (to sweep)
Strong's Number
3511
TDNT Entry
None

NAS Word Usage

guardian of the temple
1
Total
1

NAS Verse Count

1
Total
1
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Neokoros". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.