noun · feminine
nauas
Greekναῦς (naus)
Strong’sG3491
a ship, vessel
stem nau-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ναῦς, νεώς acc. ναῦν, ἡ,
[in LXX for אֳנִי, אֲנִיָּה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3491 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnowce
a boat (of any size)
Fromfrom νάω or νέω (to float);
King Jamesship.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | nauas | nauais |
| object accusative | nauan1×ναῦν | nauain |
| direct address vocative | nauar | nauair |
| of, belonging to genitive | nauau | nauaiu |
| to, for dative | naua | nauai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
naua is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
nauan“ship”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 27:41“ship”peripiptaratois de eis topon dithalasson epikellala tan nauan, kai tas men prōras ereidaratas menata asaleutas, tas de prumnas luite hupo tau biau.But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.