sailor
Nautes denotes people identified with work or travel by sea, including those seeking to leave a boat.
The attested use identifies people connected with seafaring: in Acts they are aboard a boat amid danger, while Revelation 18:17 places them among those who sail or work the sea.
Senses in use
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People engaged in seafaring · dominant
In Acts 27:27, the nominative plural form identifies those aboard the vessel as they suppose land is near; in Acts 27:30, the genitive plural occurs in the clause about people seeking to flee from the boat after lowering the lifeboat. In Revelation 18:17, the nominative plural occurs alongside people sailing on the sea and people who work the sea; the APB renders the verse with “sailors.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “the sailors” in Acts 27:27 and Acts 27:30, and as “sailors” in Revelation 18:17. These renderings confirm the verses' seafaring setting rather than establish finer distinctions.