- Original: ναύτης - Transliteration: Nautes - Phonetic: now'-tace - Definition: 1. a sailor, seaman, mariner - Origin: from G3491 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G3491 ; a boatman that is seaman: - sailor shipman. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • sailors, 1 Revelation 18:17 • shipmen, 2 Act 27:27; Act 27:30