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Ship

ναῦςStrong’s G3491

naus

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Naus is the Greek word usually translated “vessel”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.”
Acts 27:41 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • vessel 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ναῦς naus · ship

    ναῦς, νεώς accusative ναῦν, ἡ, [in LXX for עָנִי, אֲנִיָּה ;] a ship: Act.27:41 (elsewhere in NT always τ. πλοῖον; see M, Pro.25:1-28 f.; Bl., Gosp., 186 f.).† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    SHIP, noun

    [Latin scapha; from the root of shape.]

    In a general sense, a vessel or building of a peculiar structure, adapted to navigation, or floating on water by means of sails. In an appropriate sense, a building of a structure or form fitted for navigation, furnished with a bowsprit and three masts, a main-mast, a fore-mast and a mizen-mast, each of which is composed a lower-mast, a top-mast and top-gallant-mast, and square rigged. Ships are of various sizes and are for various uses; most of them however fall under the denomination of ships of war and merchant's ships.

      All definitions and other forms of “ship”

        SHIP, verb transitive

        1. To put on board of a ship or vessel of any kind; as, to ship goods at Liverpoll for New York.
        2. To transport in a ship; to convey by water.
        3. To receive into a ship or vessel; as, to ship at sea.

        SHIP'-BUILDER, noun

        [ship and builder.]

        A man whose occupation is to construct

          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.