νεωκόρος

newkovro" newkovro",
newkorou,
oJ,
hJ (
newv" or
naov", and
korevw to sweep; (questioned by some; a hint of this derivation is found in Philo de sacerd. honor. sec. 6 (cf.
newkoriva, de somniis 2, 42), and Hesychius (under the word) defines the word
oJ
tovn
naovn
kovsmwn.
kovrein
gavr
tov
saivrein
e[legon (cf. under the word
shkokovro"; so Etymologicum Magnum 407, 27, cf. under the word
newkovro"); yet Suidas under the word
kovrh, p. 2157 c. says
newkovro"
oujc
oJ
Sarwvn
tou'
newkorou
ajll!
oJ
ejpimeloumeno"
aujtou' (cf. under the words,
newkovro",
shkokovro"); hence, some connect the last half with root
kor,
kol, cf. Latin curo, colo));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 (
ou{" i. e. the Israelites
oJ
Qeov"
eJautw'/
newkorou"
h\gen 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
newkovro" ...
th'"
!Artevmido", of Ephesus, ; (see Lightfoot in Contemp. Rev. for 1878, p. 294f; Wood, Discoveries at Ephesus (Lond. 1877), Appendix, passim).*