Neck
τράχηλοςStrong’s G5137trachēlos
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Trachēlos is the Greek word usually translated “neck”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“But 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “neck”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- neck 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Acts 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Romans 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
τράχηλος trachēlos · neck
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “neck” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NECK, noun
[G. This word is properly the nape or vertebrae of the neck behind, and is so rendered in other languages, Latin that is a knob or mass.]
- The part of an animals body which is between the head and the trunk, and connects them.
- A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts; as the neck of land between Boston and Roxbury.
- The long slender part of a vessel,, as a retort; or of a plant, as a gourd; or of any instrument, as a guitar.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.