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τράχηλος

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Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: τ

StrongCodes: G5137

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 005025001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: τράχηλος
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ου
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'τραχηλίζομαι', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 005025001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 8.25
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products
  LEXSubDomains: Parts of the Body
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-04-13 08:58:16
    Glosses: neck
    Comments: τράχηλος also occurs in the NT in certain idiomatic expressions, for example, ‘to fall on the neck of someone’ ({S:04201502000050} and {S:04402003700020}) in the sense of ‘to embrace’ ({D:34.64}), and ‘to put down their necks’ ({S:04501600400016}) meaning ‘to risk their lives’ ({D:21.8}). It is rare indeed that one can translate such idioms literally, since ‘to fall on the neck of someone’ may readily suggest a murderous attack, and ‘to risk one’s neck’ may be simply meaningless, since the custom of beheading as a means of execution may be relatively unknown.
  LEXReferences: MAT 18:6, MARK 9:42, LUKE 15:20, LUKE 17:2, ACTs 15:10, ACTs 20:37
2. LEXID: 005025001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 21.8
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Danger, Risk, Safe, Save
  LEXSubDomains: Expose Oneself to Danger
  LEXCollocations: τράχηλον ὑποτίθημι
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-04-13 08:58:16
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to put down the neck) willingly and purposely to expose oneself to extreme danger and risk
    Glosses: to risk one’s life
    Comments: In some instances one can translate this expression in {S:04501600400016} as ‘who showed they were willing to die in order that I could live’ or ‘in order to help me continue to live, they almost died.’
  LEXReferences: ROM 16:4