noun · masculine
nautos
Greekναύτης (nautēs)
Strong’sG3492
a sailor
stem naut-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** ναύτης, -ου, ὁ
(< ναῦς), [in Aq.: Ez 27:9; Sm.: Ez 27:29*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3492 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnow'-tace
a boatman, i.e. seaman
Fromfrom G3491;
King Jamessailor, shipman.
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 | nautos | nautois2×ναῦται |
| object accusative | nauton | nautoin |
| direct address vocative | nautor | nautoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | nautou | nautoiu1×ναυτῶν |
| to, for dative | nauto | nautoi |
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
nauto 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
nautois“sailors”subjectnominative plural2×
Acts 27:27“sailors”Hōs de tessareskaidekatas nuxas gineta diaferirōtoiu nu en to Adrio, kata mesem tau nuxau huponoale tois nautois prosagarō tinan autoi chōran.On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
Revelation 18:17“sailors”hoti hena hōra erēmita tos tosoutos ploutos. Kai pantos kubernētos kai pantos tos epi topon plarōtos, kai nautois kai hosois tan thalassan ergazelō, apo makrothen histanalaFor in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance
nautoiu“sailors”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 27:30“sailors”toiu de nautoiu zētarōtoiu feugara ek teu ploieu kai chalaratoiu tan skafan eis tan thalassan profasia hōs ek prōrau ankurain mellarōtoiu ekteinarō,Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.