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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ναύκληροςG3490
Pronunciationnaúklēros
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 Itowner of the ship1×Acts 27:11
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Usage map
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First aligned rowActs 27:11
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
ναυκλήρῳ1xnauklērōActs 27:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular1xActs 27:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Owner or operator of a ship, distinct from crew; carries commercial and navigational authority.
Strong'sG3490
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a captain
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 27:11Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ναυκλήρῳnauklhrw
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 patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternDative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · MasculineActs 27:111×
Word Origins
ναύκληρος is built from these roots: