Greek noun (masculine) · G2942
κυβερνήτης
kyberneteskoo-ber-nay'-tace
a steersman, pilot; Metaphorical, a guide, governor (Eur., Plat.).†
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kybernḗtēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2942is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2942
helmsman, i.e. (by implication) captain
The King James renders it: (ship) master.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kybernetes is rendered "a steersman, pilot; Metaphorical, a guide, governor (Eur., Plat.).†". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a steersman, pilot".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 27:11But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
Acts 27:11κυβερνήτῃ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's two uses is in Acts.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a steersman, pilot, and Metaphorical, a guide, governor (Eur., Plat.).†.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a steersman, pilotAct.27:11, Rev.18:17. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 27:11But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the… |
| Metaphorical, a guide, governor (Eur., Plat.).† | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κυβεία | kybeia | cunning | Uses1 |
| κυβέρνησις | kybernesis | administration | Uses1 |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κυβερνήτῃ1
- κυβερνήτης1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1N-NSM
Acts
one use
But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
- κυβερνήτῃkubernetenoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: pilot
Revelation
one use
For 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
- κυβερνήτηςkubernetesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: shipmaster
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.