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is the rendering mostly of ùְׁëֶ í , shekem (as being the part bent to receive a burden; but perhaps the word is rather primitive; occasionally “back,” etc.), and ῏ùìïò (Mat_23:4; Luk_15:4); frequently of ùׁåֹ÷ , shok (properly the leg [as sometimes rendered], especially the so called right or “heave” shoulder [q.v.], Exo_29:22; Exo_29:27; Lev_7:32-34, etc.); and elsewhere of ëָּúֵ , katheph, the shoulder properly so called, especially the “shoulder pieces” (q.v.) of the high priest's ephod (Exo_28:39); rarely of æְøåֹòִ , zeroa, the arm (Num_6:19; Deu_18:3), or of some denominative phrase.