Definition

the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)

Etymology

from H6202 (עָרַף);

Word family

• עָרַף ʻâraph

How the KJV renders it

• back ((stiff-) neck((-ed)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.