1 | Strong's Number: g5137 | Greek: trachelos |
Neck:
is used
(a) literally, Mat 18:6; Mar 9:42; Luk 17:2; of "embracing," Luk 15:20; Act 20:37;
(b) metaphorically, in Act 15:10, of "putting a yoke upon;" Rom 16:4, singular in the original, "(laid down their) neck," indicating the figurative use of the term rather than the literal. Prisca and Aquila in some way had risked their lives for the Apostle (the phrase is found with this significance in the papyri).
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