Acts 27:11:5Acts.27.11.W5TAB
κυβερνήτῃ
kybernêtêi
“pilot”
- Transliteration
- ky-ber-NÊ-têi
- Extended
- kyoo-behr-NÊE-têi
- IPA
- /ky.berˈnɛː.tɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- pilot
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ky-ber-NÊ-têi
- sentence
ho de he-ka-ton-TAR-khês tôi ky-ber-NÊ-têi kai tôi nau-KLÊ-rôi MAL-lon e-PEI-the-to ê tois hy-PO PAU-lou le-go-ME-nois
Exegesis
The dative phrase tō kybernete kai tō nauklero {τῷ κυβερνήτῃ καὶ τῷ ναυκλήρῳ | tō kybernéte kai tō naukléro} ‘to the pilot and to the shipowner’ marks the persons toward whom the persuasion is directed.
Root and etymology
kybernaōky-ber-na-ō
“to steer, govern”
In context — Acts 27:11
But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the shipowner than by the words of Paul .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 27:11, so the Greek word κυβερνήτῃ (kybernêtêi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.27.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.11.W5.S1) and character.