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Strong's #2942 - κυβερνήτης

Transliteration
kybernḗtēs
Phonetics
koo-ber-nay'-tace
Origin
from the same as (G2941)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. steersman, helmsman, sailing master
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 2259 ‑ חֹבֵל (kho‑bale');  7901 ‑ שָׁכַב (shaw‑kab');  
Frequency Lists
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ASV (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 1
BSB (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 1
CSB (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 1
ESV (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 1
KJV (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 1
N95 (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 1
NAS (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 1
NLT (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 3
WEB (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 1
YLT (2)
Acts 1
Revelation 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, (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)).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κυβερνήτης , -ου ,

(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.).

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
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
 
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