Undergird
UNDERGIRD
Passing a cable several times under and around a ship and tightening it on deck, to prevent the working and parting of the timbers and planks in a gale, Mal 27:17 . The process is called frapping, and has been resorted to in various instances in modern times.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Undergird
(, lit. to gird under the breast, 2 Macc. 3, 19; comp. 2Elian, V. H. 10:22), a naval term employed (Act 27:17) to designate the act of passing cables around the middle of a ship in order to strengthen it (so Polybius, 27:3, 3; Appian, Bell. 104. 5, 91; Plato, Rep. p. 616). SEE SHIP.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Undergird
hupo, “under,” zonnumi, “to gird,” is used of frapping a ship, Act 27:17, bracing the timbers of a vessel by means of strong ropes.