- Original: ναύκληρος - Transliteration: Naukleros - Phonetic: now'-klay-ros - Definition: 1. a ship owner, ship master a. one who hires out his vessel, or a portion of it, for purposes of transportation - Origin: from G3491 and G2819 (clerk) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G3491 and G2819 (clerk); a captain: - owner of a ship. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • ship, 1 Act 27:11