Kybernetes means “helmsman” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2942 — teem (“commandment”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2942 κυβερνήτης (kubernetes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kubernetes (koo-ber-nay'-tace) n. 1. helmsman 2. (by implication) captain It has 7 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include ship and ships. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
kubernetes (koo-ber-nay'-tace) n. 1. helmsman 2. (by implication) captain [from kubernao (of Latin origin, to steer)] KJV: (ship) master See also: G2941
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2942. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
captain
Usage: κυβερνήτης, -ου, ὁ (see: κυβέρνησις), [in LXX for חֹבֵל, Eze.27:8, 27-28, Pro.23:24, 4Ma.7:1 * ;] __1. a steersman, pilot: Act.27:11, Rev.18:17. __2. Metaphorical, a guide, governor (Eur., Plat.).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kubernetes, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2942 (κυβερνήτης) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, And as a pilot in a great storm.
And thy princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Arvadites were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, these were thy pilots.
Thy forces, and thy gain, and that of thy traders, and thy rowers, and thy pilots, and thy counselors, and they that traffic with thee, and all thy warriors that are in thee: and all thy company in the midst of thee shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of thy fall.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The reasoning of our father Eleazar, like a first-rate pilot, steering the vessel of piety in the sea of passions,
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2942.
And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, And as a pilot in a great storm.
And thy princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Arvadites were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, these were thy pilots.
Thy forces, and thy gain, and that of thy traders, and thy rowers, and thy pilots, and thy counselors, and they that traffic with thee, and all thy warriors that are in thee: and all thy company in the midst of thee shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of thy fall.
At the cry of thy voice thy pilots shall be greatly terrified.
Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
The reasoning of our father Eleazar, like a first-rate pilot, steering the vessel of piety in the sea of passions,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2942, grouped by book.
Kybernetes (Strong's G2942) is a Greek word most simply glossed "helmsman". kubernetes (koo-ber-nay'-tace) n. 1. helmsman 2. (by implication) captain
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G2942 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2942 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ship and ships. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2942, with linked reader references where each row is available.