Quick Definition
ναύτης, ου, ὁ n.m. a sailor
Strong's Definition
from 3491; a boatman, i.e. seaman
KJV Usage: sailor, shipman
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ναύτης, -ov, 6, α sailor, seaman, mariner: Acts xxvii. 27, 30; Rev. xviii. 17. (From Hom. down.) ἢ
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ναύτης nautēs 3x
sailor, seaman, Acts 27:27, 30; Rev. 18:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ναύτης, -ου, ὁ
(< ναῦς), [in Aq.: Ez 27:9; Sm.: Ez 27:29*;]
a seaman, sailor: Ac 27:27, 30, Re 18:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ναύτης. To the rare occurrences of this subst. in Greek prose (ter ~ 3 νεκρός 257-0) πρὸς τῆι τῶν ναυτῶν ἀποστολῆι, P Petr IT. 15 (1)? (B.C. 241-239) τῶν ναυτῶν [ἀπο]πέμπτων οὐκέτι pal (Sov avak?}rycacbat, ‘if the sailors are scattered, it will no longer be easy to collect them again,” P Giss I. qoii- 18 (a.p, 215) (= Chrest. I. p. 38) χοιρέμπο[ρ]οι καὶ ναῦται ποτά[μ]ιοι, P Oxy I. 86° (a.p. 338) ναύτην ἕνα, P Gen Ε 148 (Byz.) τὰ ναῦλα τοῦ μικροῦ πλοιαρίου λαβεῖν παρὰ τοῦ ναύτου, and OG/S 6741" (taxes—a.D. 90) να]ύτου δραχμὰς πέντε. : The form ναύστης is found on the mummy-label Presigke 1207 ἐκβολὴν ποιῆσαι ναύστην is κώμη. For the adj. vautikds cf. P Eleph 115 (B.c. 311-10) (= Selections, p. 4) τῶν Ἡρακλείδου πάντων kal éyyalwy kal ναυτικῶν, ‘all Heraclides’ possessions both on land and sea,” P Oxy VI. ναυτικὸν δύμα καροίνου χιτῶνος, ‘please demand from Tithois the sailor a garment consisting of a brown tunic” (Edd.) ; and for ναυτεία, ‘naval affairs,” cf. P Rev L/*sxv.6 (B.C. 258), and OG/S 901? (Rosetta stone—B.c. 196) προσἔταξεν δὲ καὶ τὴν σύλληψιν τῶν els τὴν ναυτείαν μὴ ποιεῖσθαι, with Dittenberger’s note. Ναύτης survives in MGr.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ναύτης (nautēs) — sailor. ναύτ-ης, ου, ὁ, (ναῦς) seaman, sailor, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: as adjective, ν. ὅμιλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; by sea, opposed to πεζός (by land), [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. passenger by sea, ναύτην ἄγειν τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+] mates in the drinking bout, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
