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G5269

ὑποζώννυμι

hypozōnnymi

Verb · From ὑπό (G5259) and ζώννυμι (G2224)

From G5259 and G2224; to gird under, i.e. frap (a vessel with cables across the keel, sides and deck):—undergirt.

Outline

  1. to undergird
    1. to bind a ship together laterally: i.e. with girths or cables, to enable it to survive the force of waves and tempest

Usages

Acts 27:17

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.

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