Naukleros denotes a maritime figure whose judgment the centurion preferred over Paul's in Acts 27:11.

The sole attestation places the noun among those whose counsel the centurion preferred to Paul's concerning the ship, identifying a maritime figure in that decision.

1. Maritime adviser in a shipboard decision · dominant

   In Acts 27:11, the dative singular masculine form occurs with the pilot as the centurion is persuaded by their counsel rather than by Paul's words; the APB renders the clause "the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the ship-owner."

   Acts 27:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 27:11, the APB presents the figure in the pair "the pilot and the ship-owner." The lemma's precise correspondence within that pair cannot be isolated with certainty.