Strong G5137τράχηλος
neck
- Transliteration
- trachēlos
- Pronunciation
- trakh'-ay-los
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Probably from G5143 (through the idea of mobility); the throat (neck) that is (figuratively) life: - neck.
Detailed definition
τράχηλος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for צַוַּאר, also forעֹרֶף, etc.;]
the neck: Mat.18:6, Mrk.9:42, Luk.17:2; ἐπιπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν τ., to embrace (Gen.46:29), Luk.15:20, Act.20:37. Metaphorical, ὑποθεῖναι τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τ. (for similar phrase in π., see Zorell, see word), Rom.16:4; ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τ., Act.15:10.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for צַוַּאר, also forעֹרֶף, etc.;]
the neck: Mat.18:6, Mrk.9:42, Luk.17:2; ἐπιπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν τ., to embrace (Gen.46:29), Luk.15:20, Act.20:37. Metaphorical, ὑποθεῖναι τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τ. (for similar phrase in π., see Zorell, see word), Rom.16:4; ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τ., Act.15:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5137 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- neck7
First verses
- Matthew 18:6But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
- Mark 9:42And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
- Luke 15:20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
- Luke 17:2It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
- Acts 15:10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
- Acts 20:37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
- Romans 16:4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τράχηλος [ᾰ], ὁ,
Doric dialect τράχᾱλος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).122.3, +others (Epid., 4th c.BC))]: irregular plural τράχηλα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 98 (= “Iamb.” 1.147))]:—neck, throat, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.35, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 608 (Lyric poetry), 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.84, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.151, etc.)]; distinguished from αὐχήν by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253e (τράχηλος)] being, accusative to [Refs (“Geoponica” 19.2.3)], the whole neck and throat, αὐχήν the back part of the neck in human beings, the upper part in animals; this difference is observed in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 37 (compare αὐχήν in 38, 39, 40, 41), 4th c.AD: Adamantius Physiognomonicus 2.21)]; but αὐχήν in [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 23 is glossed τράχηλος by 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).264, compare 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 66, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.130; in LXX)], NT, and Papyrus τ. is more frequently than αὐχήν); τ. σώματος χωρὶς τεμών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 241, compare “Supp.” 716)]; ἀποτεμεῖν, ἀποκόψαι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 29, “Flam.” 18, etc.; βρόχον δ᾽ ἐνίαλλε τραχήλῳ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.51)]; ἐς τ. πεσεῖν break one's neck, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 755)]; ἐπὶ τ. ὠθεῖν τινα thrust head-foremost, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 27.1, “Merc.Cond.” 39; εἰς τ. 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.135; ἐπιπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν τ. τινός LXX.Gen.46.29, NT.Luke.15.20)]; ἐν βρόχῳ τὸν τ. ἔχων νομοθετεῖ with a halter round his neck, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.139)]; ἔδει σε ἐν τῷ σῷ τ. ἐμπαίζειν at the risk of your own neck, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 758.2 (2nd c.BC).)]
2 neck of animals, of the horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.8; the hare, [prev. author] “Cyn.” 5.30; the camel, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1125b, “BGU” 469.6 (2nd c.AD))]; the neck as a joint of meat, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 11)]; of a fowl, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.788.)]
II of parts resembling the neck, e. g. upper part of the murex, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 66, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 14, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 547a16, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.87f; in the κάραβος)]the narrow part of the abdomen, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 526a3)]; the neck of the grasshopper, [Refs ([prev. work] 556a2.)]
II.2 neck of a vessel, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“BCH” 35.286 (from Delos), 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.19, +others)]; of a gourd, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 616a23)]; of parts of the body, τ. μήτρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.169, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.222; ὑστέρας 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.7)]; κύστεως [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. passage], 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 14.9, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.171; καρδίας “Placita Philosophorum” 4.5.8.)]
II.3 middle part of a mast, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC: Asclepiades Myrleanus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.475a.)]
Doric dialect τράχᾱλος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).122.3, +others (Epid., 4th c.BC))]: irregular plural τράχηλα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 98 (= “Iamb.” 1.147))]:—neck, throat, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.35, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 608 (Lyric poetry), 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.84, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.151, etc.)]; distinguished from αὐχήν by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253e (τράχηλος)] being, accusative to [Refs (“Geoponica” 19.2.3)], the whole neck and throat, αὐχήν the back part of the neck in human beings, the upper part in animals; this difference is observed in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 37 (compare αὐχήν in 38, 39, 40, 41), 4th c.AD: Adamantius Physiognomonicus 2.21)]; but αὐχήν in [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 23 is glossed τράχηλος by 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).264, compare 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 66, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.130; in LXX)], NT, and Papyrus τ. is more frequently than αὐχήν); τ. σώματος χωρὶς τεμών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 241, compare “Supp.” 716)]; ἀποτεμεῖν, ἀποκόψαι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 29, “Flam.” 18, etc.; βρόχον δ᾽ ἐνίαλλε τραχήλῳ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.51)]; ἐς τ. πεσεῖν break one's neck, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 755)]; ἐπὶ τ. ὠθεῖν τινα thrust head-foremost, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 27.1, “Merc.Cond.” 39; εἰς τ. 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.135; ἐπιπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν τ. τινός LXX.Gen.46.29, NT.Luke.15.20)]; ἐν βρόχῳ τὸν τ. ἔχων νομοθετεῖ with a halter round his neck, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.139)]; ἔδει σε ἐν τῷ σῷ τ. ἐμπαίζειν at the risk of your own neck, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 758.2 (2nd c.BC).)]
2 neck of animals, of the horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.8; the hare, [prev. author] “Cyn.” 5.30; the camel, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1125b, “BGU” 469.6 (2nd c.AD))]; the neck as a joint of meat, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 11)]; of a fowl, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.788.)]
II of parts resembling the neck, e. g. upper part of the murex, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 66, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 14, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 547a16, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.87f; in the κάραβος)]the narrow part of the abdomen, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 526a3)]; the neck of the grasshopper, [Refs ([prev. work] 556a2.)]
II.2 neck of a vessel, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“BCH” 35.286 (from Delos), 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.19, +others)]; of a gourd, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 616a23)]; of parts of the body, τ. μήτρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.169, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.222; ὑστέρας 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.7)]; κύστεως [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. passage], 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 14.9, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.171; καρδίας “Placita Philosophorum” 4.5.8.)]
II.3 middle part of a mast, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC: Asclepiades Myrleanus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.475a.)]