STRONGS G5137:
τράχηλος,
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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