νεωκόρος
neōkóros
“a temple-servant, i.e. (by implication) a votary”
1 occurrenceNew TestamentHapax Legomenon
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
a temple-servant, i.e. (by implication) a votary
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. one who sweeps or cleanses a temple; generally, one who has the charge of a temple; in NT a devotee city, as having specially dedicated a temple to some deity, Acts 19:35*
Translated in KJV as
worshipper
Etymology
from a form of G3485 (ναός) and (to sweep);
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