ναύκληρος, ναυκληρου, ὁ (ναῦς and κλῆρος), from Herodotus (and Sophocles) down, a ship-owner, ship-master, i. e. one who hires out his vessel, or a portion of it, for purposes of transportation: Act_27:11.

ναύκληρος nauklēros 1x the master or owner of a ship, Act_27:11

* ναύ -κληρος , -ου , ὁ ( < ναῦς , κλῆρος ), a shipowner, shipmaster: Act_27:11 .†

ναύκληρος [page 422] This word should be translated captain rather than owner (AV, RV ) in its only occurrence in the NT, Act_27:11 , for the vessel belonged to the Alexandrian fleet in the Imperial service : see Ramsay Paul , p. 324. In this connexion it is interesting to note that, judging from two ναύκληρος receipts P Lille I. 22, 23 (both B.C. 221), the Ptolemies were themselves ship-owners and hired out their vessels for corn-transport. The ναύκληρος in both the above cases is described also as μισθωτής or lessee, though in themselves the two functions were distinct : die Pacht eines Schiffes fόr unbestimmte Zwecke schafft einen μισθωτής , die άbernahme eines Staatstransportes einen ναύκληρος (Rostowzew, Archiv v. p. 298). That private persons could also be ship-owners is shown by another receipt P Lille I. 21 (B.C. 221), where a certain Heracleides acts as ναύκληρος for a transport belonging to Heraclitus .6 Ἡρακλείδης ναύκληρος τῆς Ἡρακλείτου προσαγογεῖτος ( l. προσαγωγίδος ) : see further Wilcken, Archiv v. p. 226. Other exx. of the term are P Hib I. 39 .5 (B.C. 265) where, as in Ac l.c. , Horus is described as ναύκληρ̣ο̣ς̣ καὶ κυβερνητής of a State barge (εἰς κοντω [τὸ ]ν βασιλικόν ) conveying corn, and as ναύκληρος is instructed to write a receipt and seal a sample of his freight σύμβολον [δ ]ὲ ὑμῖν γραψάσθ̣ω̣ . . [κ ]αὶ δεῖγμα σφραγισάσ [θ ]ω , ib. 98 .2 (B.C. 251) ὁμολογ̣ε̣ι̣ͅ [Διονύσιος ] ν [αύ ]κληρος ἐμ [β ]εβ [λῆσθαι ] . . . κριθ [ῶ ]ν (ἀρτάβας ) Δ̄ω̄ , Dionysius, captain, acknowledges that he has embarked 4800 artabae of barley (Edd.), P Oxy I. 63 .4 (ii/iii A.D.) τοῦ ἀναδιδόντος σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιόν μου ναυκλήρου Πανε̣μου̣ῶτος , the bearer of this letter is the captain Panemouos (Edd.), and the Delian inscr. OGIS 344 .4 (i/B.C.) οἱ καταπλέοντες εἰς Βιθυνίαν ἔμποροι καὶ ναύκληροι , where the ἔμποροι , private-owners, are distinguished from the ναύκληροι , captains or sailing-masters. For the difference between ναύκληρος and πιστικός see the note on P Lond IV. 1341 .12 (A.D. 709). Ναυκλήριον , vessel, is found in P Oxy I. 87 .7, .20 (A.D. 342).

ναύκληρος ναύ-κληρος, ὁ, "a shipowner, ship-master", Hdt. , Soph. , etc. as adj., ν. χείρ "the master's" hand, of a charioteer (cf. ἡνίοχος I. 3), Eur.

ναύ-κληρος, -ου, ὁ (ναῦς, κλῆρος), a shipowner, shipmaster: Act.27:11.† (AS)