Strong's Lexicon
G5269 — ὑποζώννυμι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5269 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὑποζώννυμι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G5259 and G2224 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | hupozonnumi |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hoop-od-zone'-noo-mee |
| Meaning: | 1. to gird under, i.e. frap (a vessel with cables across the keel, sides and deck) |
| KJV Renderings: | undergirt |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, Act 27:17 (where see Overbeck (or Hackett; especially Smith, Voyage and Shipwreck, etc., pp. 107ff, 204ff. (cf. βοήθεια))). (Polybius 27, 3, 3.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὑποζώννυμι (undergirt)
Acts 27:17
- KJV: Which when they had taken up they used helps undergirding the ship and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands strake sail and so were driven
- GK: ην άραντες βοηθείας εχρώντο υποζωννύντες το πλοίον φοβούμενοί τε μη εις την Σύρτιν εκπέσωσι χαλάσαντες το σκεύος ούτως εφέροντο
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