Definition

the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill

Etymology

from H7925 (שָׁכַם);

Word family

• שָׁכַם shâkam

How the KJV renders it

• back
• consent
• portion
• shoulder

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.