Words the Bible translates as neck
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- trachēlosτράχηλοςthe neck: the outward part of the body joining head to shoulders, named in the New Testament as the place a millstone is hung, an embrace lands, a yoke is laid, or a life is put on the line
- tsavvarצַוָּארthe neck: the part of the body joining the head to the shoulders
+1 more meaning
- a necklace: an ornament worn around the neck
- orephעֹרֶףthe back of the neck; the nape, the side a person shows by turning away
- garonגָּרוֹןthe throat: the front of the neck, both the passage inside that carries voice and drink and the outside that a necklace circles
- gargerotגַּרְגְּרוֹתnecknot studied yet
- tsavvarצַוַּארnecknot studied yet
- miphreqetמַפְרֶקֶתnecknot studied yet
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