- Original: κολυμβάω - Transliteration: Kolumbao - Phonetic: kol-oom-bah'-o - Definition: 1. to dive, to swim - Origin: from kolumbos (a diver) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From κολυμβος kolumbos (a diver); to plunge into water: - swim. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • swim, 1 Act 27:43