What does ναύκληρος (naúklēros) mean in the Bible?
ναύκληρος (naúklēros): Owner or operator of a ship, distinct from crew; carries commercial and navigational authority.
Greek · G3490
ναύκληρος
A captain
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ναύκληρος G3490
Pronunciation naúklēros
What does ναύκληρος (naúklēros) mean in the Bible?
ναύκληρος (naúklēros): Owner or operator of a ship, distinct from crew; carries commercial and navigational authority.
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How does the BSB render G3490?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include owner of the ship (1).
Where does ναύκληρος (naúklēros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 27:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It owner of the ship 1× Acts 27:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 27:11
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
ναυκλήρῳ 1x nauklērō Acts 27:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 27:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Owner or operator of a ship, distinct from crew; carries commercial and navigational authority.
Strong's G3490
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a captain
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Owner or operator of a ship, distinct from crew; carries commercial and navigational authority.
(ναῦς, κλῆρος), a shipowner, shipmaster: Act.27:11.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 27:11 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ναυκλήρῳ nauklhrw
a master of a ship
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Masculine Acts 27:11 1×
Word Origins
ναύκληρος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain