Quick Definition
the neck
Strong's Definition
the throat (neck), i.e. (figuratively) life
Derivation: probably from G5143 (τρέχω) (through the idea of mobility);
KJV Usage: neck
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τράχηλος, τραχήλου, ὁ (allied with τρέχω; named from its movableness; cf. Vanicek, p. 304),fr. Euripides, and Aristophanes down, the Sept. chiefly for φΗεΘΜΰψ, also for ςΙψΖσ, etc., the neck: Mat_18:6; Mar_9:42; Luk_15:20; Luk_17:2; Act_15:10; Act_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, Rom_16:4.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τράχηλος trachēlos 7x
the neck, Mat_18:6 ; Mar_9:42 ; Luk_15:20 ; Luk_17:2 ;
ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον , to put a yoke upon the neck of someone, met. to bind to a burdensome observance, Act_15:10 ; Act_20:37 ;
ὑποτιθέναι τὸν τράχηλον , to lay down one s neck under the axe of the executioner, to imperil one s life, Rom_16:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τράχηλος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6676 , also for H6203 , etc.;]
the neck: Mat_18:6 , Mar_9:42 , Luk_17:2 ; ἐπιπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν τ ., to embrace ( Gen_46:29 ), Luk_15:20 , Act_20:37 . Metaph ., ὑποθεῖναι τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τ . (for similar phrase in Papyri, v. Zorell , s.v. ), Rom_16:4 ; ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τ ., Act_15:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τράχηλος [page 640]
neck : cf. P Hal I. 11 .11 (B.C. 238) οὐλὴ τ ]ραχήλωι κάτωι (for form see Mayser Gr . i. p. 136), P Tebt II. 385 .5 (A.D. 117) οὐλὴ τραχήλωι ἐξ ἀρισ [τ ]ε [ρῶν , and P Par 18 bis .6 (Rom.) dispatch of a corpse ἔχων ( l . ἔχον ) τάβλαν κατὰ τοῦ τραχήλου .
For Rom_16:4 οἵτινες ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς μου τὸν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν , Deissmann ( LAE 2 , p. 117 f.) finds an interesting parallel in a Herculaneum papyrus written after B.C. 150 (see Berl. Sitzungsberichte , 1900, p. 951), where it is said of the Epicurean Philonides ὑπὲρ ?] τοῦ μάλιστ᾽ ἀγαπωμένου τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἢ τῶν φίλων παραβάλοι ἂν ἑτοίμως τὸν τράχηλον , for?] the most beloved of his relatives or friends he would readily stake his neck (for the thought cf. also Rom_5:7 ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
τράχηλος τρά^χηλος, ὁ, "the neck, throat", Hdt. , Eur. , etc. [Etym: deriv. uncertain]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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