Quick Definition
κυβερνήτης, ου, ὁ n.m. a steersman, pilot
Strong's Definition
helmsman, i.e. (by implication) captain
Derivation: from the same as G2941 (κυβέρνησις);
KJV Usage: (ship) master
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κυβερνήτης, -ov, 6, (κυβερνάω [‘to steer’; see the preceding word]); fr. Ilom. down; steersman, helmsman, sailing-master; [A. V. master, ship-master]: Acts xxvii. 11; Rev. xviii. 17. (Ezek. xxvii. 8, 27 sq.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κυβερνήτης kybernētēs 2x
a pilot, helmsman, Acts 27:11; Rev. 18:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κυβερνήτης, -ου, ὁ
(v.s. κυβέρνησις), [in LXX for חֹבֵל, Ez 27:8, 27, 28, Pr 23:24, IV Mac 7:1*;]
a steersman, pilot: Ac 27:11, Re 18:17.
Metaph., a guide, governor (Eur., Plat.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κυβερνήτης in the sense of ‘‘steersman,” ‘pilot,’ is common, e.g. P Oxy 11. 276° (a.p. 77) κυβερνῆται π[λ]οίο[υ] ναυλωσίμου, 76. 111. 5221 (ii/A.D.) ναυτικ(οῦ) ‘Qplovos κυβε(ρνήτου), P Tebt 11. 370° (ii/iti A.D.) κυβερνήτου πλοίου. In OG/S 6768 (A.D. 106-7) (= Archiv ii. p. 439, No. 43) we hear of an official described ας-- κυβερνήτου Νείλου. In Ac 271 τῷ κυβερνήτῃ Kal τῷ ναυκλήρῳ is rendered by Ramsay (Paul, p. 322) ‘the sailing-master and the captain.”’ Isis is described as κυβερνῆτις in the literary papyrus P Oxy XI. 1380°° (early ii/A.D.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κυβερνήτης (kubernētēs) — captain. κῠβερν-ήτης (Aeolic dialect κυμερνήτης, which see), ου, ὁ, steersman, pilot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; skipper of Nileboat, ναύκληρος καὶ κ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, guide, governor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; as an official title, [Refs 6th c.AD+]