- Original: ζώννυμι - Transliteration: Zonnumi - Phonetic: dzone'-noo-mi - Definition: 1. to gird 2. to gird one's self - Origin: from G2223 - TDNT entry: 10:02,7 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G2223 ; to bind about (especially with a belt): - gird.