Strong’s definition
the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill
KJV gloss list in the source
back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.
Source pronunciation notation: shek-em'
Derivation recorded by Strong
from H7925 (שָׁכַם);
Explore the English glosses
These links search English words in the KJV. They are not a claim that every result translates this lemma.
Contextual morphology & manuscript evidence
Every indexed source occurrence of H7926 →
The passage laboratory provides separately attributed Hebrew and Greek morphology and occurrence lists. Source-text boundaries and alternatives are displayed explicitly. The entry must not be used as an automatic verdict against the KJV.