νεωκόρος neōkoros · G3511
temple guard
νεω-κόρος, -ου ; a temple-keeper; as honorary title given to a city (see DB, i, 722 b) : Act.19:35.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
νεώκορ-ος, ὁ, ; Doric dialect νᾱοκόρος []: contraction νᾱκόρος []: as feminine, []; ναυκόρος, ἡ, Buresch Aus Lydien p.58: poetry νηοκόρος []:—warden of a temple, as a sacred officer, τοῖς ἱεροῖς ν. γίγνεσθαι []; ἱερέας τε καὶ ν.[]; βωμοῖο ν. []; 2 sacristan, []; ἐνβόλιον ἔχων ν. in a list of silver articles, []; 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 []; also as adjective, τῷ ν. …
Where it's used 1 time
Source: TBESG G3511; TFLSJ G3511
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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