Strong's Lexicon

G5269

G5269 — ὑποζώννυμι

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekhupozonnumiverbOccurrences: 1

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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