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Captain

κυβερνήτηςStrong’s G2942

kubernētēs

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Kubernētēs is the Greek word usually translated “pilot” and “shipmaster”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.”
Acts 27:11 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “pilot” and “shipmaster”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • pilot 1
  • shipmaster 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1
  • Revelation 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

κυβερνήτης kubernētēs · captain

κυβερνήτης, -ου, ὁ (see: κυβέρνησις), [in LXX for חֹבֵל, Eze.27:8, 27-28, Pro.23:24, 4Ma.7:1 * ;] 1. a steersman, pilot: Act.27:11, Rev.18:17. 2. Metaphorical, a guide, governor (Eur., Plat.).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “captain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CAPTAIN, noun

  1. Literally, a head or chief officer; appropriately, the military officer who commands a company, whether of infantry, cavalry, artillery or matrosses.
  2. The commander of a ship of war, or of a merchantman.
  3. The commander of a military band, a sense that occurs in the sciptures; as a captain of fifty.
  4. A man skilled in war or military affairs; as, Lord Wellington is a great captain
All definitions and other forms of “captain”
  1. A chief commander.

CAPTAIN, adjective

Chief; valiant.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.