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Strong's G5137 · Greek

τράχηλος

trachelos · trakh'-ay-los

probably from 5143 (through the idea of mobility); the throat (neck), i.e. (figuratively) life


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

τράχηλος (G5137)

7 τράχηλος , -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for צַוַּאר , also for עֹרֶף , etc. ;] the neck : Mt 18:6 , Mk 9:42 , Lk 17:2 ; ἐπιπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν τ. , to embrace ( Ge 46:29 ), Lk 15:20 , Ac 20:37 . Metaph., ὑποθεῖναι τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τ. (for similar phrase in π. , v. Zorell, s.v.), Ro 16:4 ; ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τ. , Ac 15:10 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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