- Original: ναῦς - Transliteration: Naus - Phonetic: nowce - Definition: 1. a ship, vessel of considerable size - Origin: from nao or neo (to float) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From νάω naō̄and νέω neō(to float); a boat (of any size): - ship. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • aground, 1 Act 27:41