King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2942
Transliteration: kybernētēs
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ber-nay'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a steersman, pilot
Meaning: a steersman, pilot
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.)
Word Summary
kybernētēs: a steersman, pilot
Original Word: κυβερνήτηςTransliteration: kybernētēs
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ber-nay'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a steersman, pilot
Meaning: a steersman, pilot
Strong's Concordance
pilot, captainFrom the same as kubernesis; helmsman, i.e. (by implication) captain -- (ship) master.
see GREEK kubernesis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2942: κυβερνήτηςκυβερνήτης, 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: κυκλεύωκυκλεύω: 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)).