- Original: νεωκόρος - Transliteration: Neokoros - Phonetic: neh-o-kor'-os - Definition: 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 a. 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 - Origin: from a form of G3485 and koreo (to sweep) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From a form of G3485 and κορέω koreō(to sweep); a temple servant that is (by implication) a votary: - worshipper. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • worshiper, 1 Act 19:35