- Original: ὑποζώννυμι - Transliteration: Hupozonnumi - Phonetic: hoop-od-zone'-noo-mee - Definition: 1. to undergird a. to bind a ship together laterally: i.e. with girths or cables, to enable it to survive the force of waves and tempest - Origin: from G5259 and G2224 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G5259 and G2224 ; to gird under that is frap (a vessel with cables across the keel sides and deck): - undergirt. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • undergirding, 1 Act 27:17