Acts 27:11:8Acts.27.11.W8TAB

ναυκλήρῳ

nauklêrôi

ship owner

Transliteration
nau-KLÊ-rôi
Extended
nau-KLÊE-roh-ee
IPA
/nauˈklɛː.rɔːi/

Meaning by language

English
ship owner

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Result
ναυ + κλή + ρῳ
nau + klê + rôi
nauklêrôi

Alphabet Analysis

Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Upsiloni — as in machine
Kappak — as in kite
Lambdal — as in law
Etai — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Omegao — same as omicron

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  1. word

    nau-KLÊ-rôi

  2. 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.

In contextActs 27:11

But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the shipowner than by the words of Paul .

About this coordinate

Acts 27:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 27:11, so the Greek word ναυκλήρῳ (nauklêrôi) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.11.W8.S1) and character.