King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5269
Transliteration: hypozōnnymi
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-od-zone'-noo-mee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to undergird
Meaning: to undergird
ὑποζώννυμι; from Herodotus down; to under-gird: τό πλοῖον to bind a ship together laterally with ὑποζωματα (Plato, de rep. 10, p. 616 c.), i. e. with girths or cables, to enable it to survive the force of waves and tempest, Acts 27:17 (where see Overbeck (or Hackett; especially Smith, Voyage and Shipwreck, etc., pp. 107ff, 204ff. (cf. βοήθεια))). (Polybius 27, 3, 3.)
Word Summary
hypozōnnymi: to undergird
Original Word: ὑποζώννυμιTransliteration: hypozōnnymi
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-od-zone'-noo-mee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to undergird
Meaning: to undergird
Strong's Concordance
undergird, braceFrom hupo and zonnumi; to gird under, i.e. Frap (a vessel with cables across the keel, sides and deck) -- undergirt.
see GREEK hupo
see GREEK zonnumi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5269: ὑποζώννυμιὑποζώννυμι; from Herodotus down; to under-gird: τό πλοῖον to bind a ship together laterally with ὑποζωματα (Plato, de rep. 10, p. 616 c.), i. e. with girths or cables, to enable it to survive the force of waves and tempest, Acts 27:17 (where see Overbeck (or Hackett; especially Smith, Voyage and Shipwreck, etc., pp. 107ff, 204ff. (cf. βοήθεια))). (Polybius 27, 3, 3.)