verb

hupozōnamō

Greekὑποζώννυμι (hupozōnnumi)

Strong’sG5269

I under-gird

stem hupozōn-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

undergird1×

What it means

** ὑπο-ζώννυμι

[in LXX: II Mac 3:19 *;]

to undergird (Hdt., al.; ὑπὸ τ. μάστους, II Mac, l.c.); of a ship, to undergird or frap: Ac 27:17 (v. DB, ext. 367a).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5269 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhoop-od-zone'-noo-mee

to gird under, i.e. frap (a vessel with cables across the keel, sides and deck)

Fromfrom G5259 and G2224;

King Jamesundergirt.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
hupozōnarōtoisὑποζωννύντες	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine	undergird	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	hupozōnamō	hupozōname	hupozōnami	hupozōnama	hupozōnamē	hupozōnamelē
you 2nd person singular	hupozōnasō	hupozōnase	hupozōnasi	hupozōnasa	hupozōnasē	hupozōnaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	hupozōnatō	hupozōnate	hupozōnati	hupozōnata	hupozōnatē	hupozōnatelē
we 1st person plural	hupozōnanō	hupozōnane	hupozōnani	hupozōnana	hupozōnanē	hupozōnanelē
ye 2nd person plural	hupozōnavō	hupozōnave	hupozōnavi	hupozōnava	hupozōnavē	hupozōnavelē
they 3rd person plural	hupozōnalō	hupozōnale	hupozōnali	hupozōnala	hupozōnalē	hupozōnalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	hupozōnameiō	hupozōnameia	hupozōnameiē
you 2nd person singular	hupozōnaseiō	hupozōnaseia	hupozōnaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	hupozōnateiō	hupozōnateia	hupozōnateiē
we 1st person plural	hupozōnaneiō	hupozōnaneia	hupozōnaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	hupozōnaveiō	hupozōnaveia	hupozōnaveiē
they 3rd person plural	hupozōnaleiō	hupozōnaleia	hupozōnaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	hupozōnasōr	hupozōnasar	hupozōnasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	hupozōnatōr	hupozōnatar	hupozōnatēr
ye 2nd person plural	hupozōnavōr	hupozōnavar	hupozōnavēr
they 3rd person plural	hupozōnalōr	hupozōnalar	hupozōnalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	hupozōnamoiō	hupozōnamoia
you 2nd person singular	hupozōnasoiō	hupozōnasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	hupozōnatoiō	hupozōnatoia
we 1st person plural	hupozōnanoiō	hupozōnanoia
ye 2nd person plural	hupozōnavoiō	hupozōnavoia
they 3rd person plural	hupozōnaloiō	hupozōnaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	hupozōnarō	hupozōnari	hupozōnara	hupozōnarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	hupozōnarōtos1×	hupozōnaritos	hupozōnaratos	hupozōnarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

hupozōnstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

hupozōn is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

hupozōnarōtois“undergird”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 27:17“undergird”han airaratois boētheiai chrele hupozōnarōtois tem ploiem; foberōtois tē mē eis tan Surtian ekpiptaleia, chalaratois tem skeuem, houtōs ferile.After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.