Strong’s G5137 · Greek

τράχηλος
tráchēlos

Definition

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

Etymology

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

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • neck

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.