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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2942 - κυβερνήτης

Transliteration

kybernḗtēs

Phonetics

koo-ber-nay'-tace

Root Word (Etymology)

from the same as (G2941)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

steersman, helmsman, sailing master

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2259 ‑ חֹבֵל (kho‑bale'); 7901 ‑ שָׁכַב (shaw‑kab');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Acts 1

Revelation 1

NAS (2)

Acts 1

Revelation 1

HCS (2)

Acts 1

Revelation 1

BSB (2)

Acts 1

Revelation 1

ESV (2)

Acts 1

Revelation 1

WEB (2)

Acts 1

Revelation 1

KJV (2)

master 1

shipmaster 1

NAS (2)

pilot 1

shipmaster 1

HCS (2)

captain 1

shipmaster 1

BSB (2)

pilot 1

shipmaster 1

ESV (2)

pilot 1

shipmasters 1

WEB (2)

shipmaster 1

to the master 1

RAH

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 1

ANT

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

BEZ

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

BGB

N-DMS 1

N-NMS 1

BMT

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

BYZ

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

ELZ

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

NA26

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

SBL

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

SCV

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

STV

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

TIS

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κῠβερν-ήτης

(Aeol. κυμερνήτης, q.v.), ου, ὁ,

1. steersman, pilot, Il. 19.43, Od. 9.78, A. Supp. 770, Hdt. 2.164, Ar. Th. 837, Th. 7.70, Pl. R. 341c, etc.; skipper of Nileboat, ναύκληρος καὶ κ. PHib. 1.39.6 (iii B.C.), cf. PGiss. 11 (ii A.D.), etc.

2. metaph., guide, governor, E. Supp. 880, Pl. Phdr. 247c; as an official title, PMasp. 89 iii 1 (vi A.D.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κυβερνήτης, κυβερνητου, ὁ (κυβερνάω (`to steer'; see the preceding word)); from Homer down; steersman, helmsman, sailing-master; (A. V. master, ship-master): Acts 27:11; Revelation 18:17. (Ezekiel 27:8, 27f.)

STRONGS NT 2942a: κυκλεύω κυκλεύω: 1 aorist ἐκύκλευσα; to go round (Strabo and other later writers); to encircle, encompass, surround: τήν παρεμβολήν, Revelation 20:9 (where R G Tr ἐκύκλωσαν); (τινα, John 10:24 Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; (see WH's Appendix, p. 171)).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κυβερνήτης , -ου , ὁ

(see κυβέρνησις ),

[in LXX for H2259, Ezekiel 27:8; Ezekiel 27:27-28, Proverbs 23:24, 4 Maccabees 7:1 *;]

1. a steersman, pilot: Acts 27:11, Revelation 18:17.

2. Metaph., a guide, governor (Eur., Plat.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κυβερνήτης in the sense of ";steersman,"; ";pilot,"; is common, e.g. P Oxy II. 276.6 (A.D. 77) κυβερνῆται π [λ ]οίο [υ ] ναυλωσίμου, ib. III. 522.15 (ii/A.D.) ναυτικ (οῦ) Ὡρίωνος κυβε (ρνήτου), P Tebt II. 370.3 (ii/iii A.D.) κυβερνήτου πλοίου. In OGIS 676.3 (A.D. 106–7) (= Archiv ii. p. 439, No. 43) we hear of an official described as—κυβερνήτου Νείλου. In Acts 27:11 τῷ κυβερνήτῃ καὶ τῷ ναυκλήρῳ is rendered by Ramsay (Paul, p. 322) ";the sailing-master and the captain.";

Isis is described as κυβερνῆτις in the literary papyrus P Oxy XI. 1380.69 (early ii/A.D.).

List of Word Forms

κυβερνήταί κυβερνητη κυβερνήτη κυβερνήτῃ κυβερνητης κυβερνήτης κύβοις κύβον κυδοιμώ κύδος κύησιν kubernete kubernētē kubernetes kubernētēs kybernete kybernētē kybernḗtei kybernḗtēi kybernetes kybernētēs kybernḗtes kybernḗtēs