Lexical Definition

‎ναῦς‎ naûs (nowce) ship ^G:N-F
from or (to float)

ship.

• a boat (of any size)

Abbott-Smith

ναῦς, νεώς acc. ναῦν, ἡ, [in LXX for אֳנִי, אֲנִיָּה;]
a ship: Ac 27:41 (elsewhere in NT always τ. πλοῖον; v. M, Pr., 25 f.; Bl., Gosp., 186 f.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ναῦς, ἡ,

(see. below) ship, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (but rare in non-literary Hellenistic Greek, once in NT, [NT]; ἐν νήεσσι or ἐν νηυσίν at the ships, i.e. in the camp formed by the ships drawn up on shore, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῆες μακραί ships of war, built long and taper for speed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to νῆες στρογγύλαι round-built merchant-ships, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νέες alone, ={τριήρεις}, opposed to πεντηκόντεροι, [Refs]; νῆες κεναί, i.e. without fighting men in them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ναῦς μακρά collective for μακραί, [Refs 4th c.BC+]— Attic dialect declension ναῦς, νεώς, νηΐ, ναῦν, dual genitive νεοῖν, plural νῆες, νεῶν (νηῶν is variant in [ναῦς">Refs 5th c.BC+]; in later writers, nominative plural ναῦς, accusative plural νῆας, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:— Epic dialect νηῦς, νηός, νηΐ, νῆα, plural νῆες, νηῶν, νηυσί or νήεσσι, νῆας (but also genitive and accusative singular νεός, νέα [the latter as monosyllable in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect genitive and dative plural ναῦφι, -φιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in late Epic dialect, nominative νῆυς uncertain reading in [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; accusative singular and plural νηῦν, νηῦς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Ionic dialect νηῦς, νεός, νηΐ, νέα, plural νέες, νεῶν, νηυσί (νηυσίν epigram in [Refs 7th c.BC+]; νηός is frequently in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Doric dialect ναῦς (νᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+] perhaps to be read in [Refs 7th c.BC+] falsa lectio in [Refs 7th c.BC+]; the Epic dialect forms νηός [Refs 5th c.BC+] are probably corrupt. (Cf. Sanskrit naús, Latin nāvis, etc.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.27.41}