Strong G3490ναύκληρος
captain
- Transliteration
- nauklēros
- Pronunciation
- now'-klay-ros
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ναύ-κληρος, -ου, ὁ
(ναῦς, κλῆρος),
a shipowner, shipmaster: Act.27:11.†
(AS)
(ναῦς, κλῆρος),
a shipowner, shipmaster: Act.27:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3490 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ship1
First verses
- Acts 27:11Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ναύκληρ-ος, ὁ,
shipowner and merchant (opposed to ἔμπορος, which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.127.34, 128.4, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, 4.152, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 128, 547, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 417, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 595, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.11.)]
2 skipper, sailing-master, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 344.4 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), NT.Act.27.11, “POxy.” 63.4 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
3 generally, captain, commander, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 177)]: as adjective, ν. πλάτη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 430)]; ν. χείρ the master's hand, of a charioteer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1224; ν. πόλις 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.26.2.)]
II at Athens, one who rented and sub-let tenement-houses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sannyrio Comicus 6, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 37, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 37, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.75.)]
II.2 ={ναύκραρος}, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.108 (assuming variant))]; compare ναύκλαρος.
shipowner and merchant (opposed to ἔμπορος, which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.127.34, 128.4, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, 4.152, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 128, 547, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 417, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 595, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.11.)]
2 skipper, sailing-master, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 344.4 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), NT.Act.27.11, “POxy.” 63.4 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
3 generally, captain, commander, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 177)]: as adjective, ν. πλάτη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 430)]; ν. χείρ the master's hand, of a charioteer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1224; ν. πόλις 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.26.2.)]
II at Athens, one who rented and sub-let tenement-houses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sannyrio Comicus 6, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 37, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 37, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.75.)]
II.2 ={ναύκραρος}, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.108 (assuming variant))]; compare ναύκλαρος.