νεωκόρος
neōkóros · G3511 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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temple-keeper
One who had responsibility to tend to and to guard a temple
ExamplesActs 19:35 After quieting the crowd, the town clerk said, “Men of Ephesus, what person is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from the sky?
How it’s used In 2 roles
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the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- διοπετήςstone from heaven 1
- Ἄρτεμιςprompt 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πόλιςcity 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἱερεύς hiereús · G2409 · priest
- ἱερεύς refers to a priest who performs sacrifices and officiates at religious ceremonies, while νεωκόρος denotes a temple-servant or temple-keeper responsible for the maintenance and guardianship of the temple structure itself. Both are temple functionaries but with distinct roles—cultic performance versus temple care.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Temple-keeper53.95
- Calming the riot in Ephesus, Acts 19:35 records the town clerk's words, “‘Men of Ephesus, what person is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from the sky?’” where “guardian of the temple” renders this term for the city's official custodial role over the temple.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon νεωκορου, ὁ, ἡ (νεώς or ναός, and κορέω to sweep; (questioned by some; a hint of this…
1. properly, one who sweeps and cleans a temple.
2. one who has charge of a temple, to keep and adorn it, a sacristan: Xenophon, an. 5, 3, 6; Plato, legg. 6, p. 759 a.
3. the worshipper of a deity (οὕς i. e. the Israelites ὁ Θεός ἑαυτῷ νεωκορους ἦγεν through the wilderness, Josephus, b. j. 5, 9, 4); as appears from coins still extant, it was an honorary title (temple-keeper or temple-warden (cf. 2 above)) of certain cities, especially of Asia Minor, in which the special worship of some deity or even of some deified human ruler had been established (cf. Stephanus, Thesaurus, v., p. 1472f; (cf. B. D., under the word worshipper)); so νεωκόρος... τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, of Ephesus, Acts 19:35; (see Lightfoot in Contemp. Rev. for 1878, p. 294f; Wood, Discoveries at Ephesus (Lond. 1877), Appendix, passim).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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