Sailor
ναύτηςStrong’s G3492nautēs
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Nautēs is the Greek word usually translated “sailors”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;”
Meaning
Usually translated “sailors”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sailors 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 27:30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
- Revelation 18:17For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
Greek dictionary
ναύτης nautēs · sailor
ναύτης, -ου, ὁ (ναῦς), [in Aq.: Eze.27:9; Sm.: Eze.27:29 * ;] a seaman, sailor: Act.27:27, 30, Rev.18:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sailor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SA'ILOR, noun
[a more common spelling than sailer.]
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.