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τράχηλος

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Gloss: neck

Transliteration: trachēlos

Strong’s: G5137

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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