v. Neck, Harden
Exo 32:9 which by the way is a people of hard c
Exo 33:3 I will not go up .. you are a people of hard c
Deu 10:16 heart, and harden your hearts no more
Deu 21:6 his hands on the heifer whose c was
Deu 31:27 I know your rebellion, and your hard c
2Ch 30:8 therefore do not harden your c
Psa 75:5 do not .. speak not with an upright voice
Pro 29:1 the man who rebukes hardens the c
Jer 2:27 because they turned my c, and not my face
Act 7:51 hard of c, and uncircumcised in heart
Act 15:10 on the c of the disciples a yoke
Latin cervix. Back of the neck. † œPeople of hard c.†, Yahweh calls Israel, to indicate his arrogance and his rebelliousness for what he had prescribed, and his contumacy, Ex 33, 9; Deut 9, 6 and 13; 10, 16; Dt 31, 27; 2R 17, 14; 2Ch 30, 8; 36, 13; Ne 9, 16-17 and 29; pr 29, 1; Is 48, 4; Jer 7, 26; 17, 23; 19, 15; Ez 2, 4; 3, 7; Acts 7, 51. The hand, the yoke, the ligatures in the c., to signify humiliation, dependence, Is 10, 27; 52, 2; Jr 27, 8/2/11; 28, 10-11 and 12-14; 30, 8.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
see NECK
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Nape. Back of the neck. As the yoke is placed on the neck of an animal and when it is removed it is freed, the expression “put the yoke on the c.” came to mean “enslave”, and “remove the yoke” came to be synonymous with “liberate” . Thus Isaac, blessing Esau, says to him: “You shall serve your brother; and it will come to pass when you grow strong, that you will cast off his yoke from your c.† (Gen 27:40). God promises Zion that he will remove † œthe yoke from your c.†, referring to Assyrian oppression (Isa 10:27). God pities Israel and is “like those who take up the yoke from off their c” (Hos 11:4).
In the NT, Peter said at the †¢Jerusalem Council: †œWhy do you tempt God, putting on the c. of the disciples..?† (Acts 15:10). An expression of victory over an enemy was to put one’s hand or foot on his c. Jacob blesses Judah saying: “Your hand in the c. from your enemies† (Gen 49:8). God promises Israel: “I will give you the c. from all your enemies† (Exo 23:27). The most frequent use in the Bible, however, is the expression †œof hard c.† or †œharden its c.† , which was possibly born from the observation of the oxen that did not respond to the signals of the plowman, because they had the c . less flexible than the others, or that they were tough c.
those words are meant, then, to someone who possesses a mixture of stubbornness, pride and persistence in disobeying. God says to Moses: “I have seen this people, which by the way is a people of hard c.† (Exo 32:9), and this qualifier is repeated in Exo 33:3, Exo 33:5; Exo 34:9; Deu 9:6, Deu 9:13; Deu 31:27, etc. The Lord exhorts his people: † œDo not harden your c.† (Deu 10:16).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
vet, To stiffen one’s neck was to obstinately rebel, to obstinately follow one’s own path, ignoring divine exhortations (Dt. 31:27; Pr. 29:1; Acts 7:51).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
1. trachelos (travchlo”, 5137), neck. It is translated “neck” in Acts 15:10 “upon the neck of the disciples”; metaphorically, of putting an unbearable yoke on them. See NECK. 2. sklerotrachelos (sklhrotravchlo”, 4644), (from skleros, hard, tough; trachelos, neck). It is used metaphorically in Act 7:51: See HARD.¶
Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary