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GreekG5137Noun (Masculine)

τράχηλος

trachēlos

7Occurrences
G5137Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the throat (neck), i.e. (figuratively) life

probably from G5143 (τρέχω) (through the idea of mobility);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
the neck: ; ἐπιπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν τ., to embrace . Metaphorical, *ὑποθεῖναι τὸν ἑαυτοῦ *(for similar phrase in π., see Zorell, ); ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τ.
LXX: chiefly for צַוַּאר, also forעֹרֶף, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

τράχηλος appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2
Luke
2
Matthew
1
Mark
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

Acts 15:10BSB

Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

Acts 20:37BSB

They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.

Luke 15:20BSB

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

Luke 17:2BSB

It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

Matthew 18:6BSB

But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.