neck

Greek Noun Male

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)

neck

Greek Noun Male

τράχηλος [ᾰ], ὁ, Doric dialect τράχᾱλος [Refs 4th c.BC+]: irregular plural τράχηλα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—neck, throat, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; distinguished from αὐχήν by [Refs 5th c.BC+] being, accusative to [Refs], 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+]; but αὐχήν in [LXX+5th c.BC+], NT, and Papyrus τ. is more frequently than αὐχήν); τ. σώματος χωρὶς τεμών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποτεμεῖν, ἀποκόψαι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐς τ. πεσεῖν break one's neck, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τ. ὠθεῖν τινα thrust head-foremost, [NT+2nd c.AD+]; ἐν βρόχῳ τὸν τ. ἔχων νομοθετεῖ with a halter round his neck, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔδει σε ἐν τῷ σῷ τ. ἐμπαίζειν at the risk of your own neck, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 2) neck of animals, of the horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the neck as a joint of meat, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a fowl, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) of parts resembling the neck, e. g. upper part of the murex, [Refs 4th c.BC+]the narrow part of the abdomen, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; the neck of the grasshopper, [Refs] II.2) neck of a vessel, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of a gourd, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of parts of the body, τ. μήτρας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κύστεως [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.3) middle part of a mast, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

the throat (neck), i.e. (figuratively) life; neck; probably from g5143 (τρέχω) (through the idea of mobility)