Lexical Summary trachēlos: the neck Original Word: τράχηλοςTransliteration: trachēlos Phonetic Spelling: (trakh'-ay-los) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: the neck Meaning: the neck Strong's Concordance neck. Probably from trecho (through the idea of mobility); the throat (neck), i.e. (figuratively) life -- neck. see GREEK trecho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5137: τράχηλοςτράχηλος, τραχήλου, ὁ (allied with τρέχω; named from its movableness; cf. Vanicek, p. 304),fr. Euripides, and Aristophanes down, the Sept. chiefly for צַוָּאר, also for עֹרֶף, etc., the neck: Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42; Luke 15:20; Luke 17:2; Acts 15:10; Acts 20:37; τόν ἑαυτοῦ τράχηλον ὑποτιθεναι (namely, ὑπό τόν σίδηρον) (A. V. to lay down one's own neck i. e.) to be ready to incur the most imminent peril to life, Romans 16:4. |
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