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νεωκόρος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
νεωκόρος, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
neōkoros
Simplified transliteration: 
neokoros
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3511
GK Number: 
3753
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
guardian of the temple
Definition: 
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*

Greek-English Concordance for νεωκόρος

Acts 19:35 And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple (neōkoron | νεωκόρον | acc sg masc) keeper of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?