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Rough

τραχύςStrong’s G5138

trachus

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Trachus is the Greek word usually translated “rough” and “rocky”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;”
Luke 3:5 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “rough” and “rocky”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • rough 1
  • rocky 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1
  • Acts 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

τραχύς trachus · rough

τραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ [in LXX: Isa.40:4 (רֶכֶס), etc. ;] rough: ὁδοί (Is, l.with), Luk.3:5 (LXX); τοποί (i.e. rocky), Act.27:29.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “rough” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

ROUGH, adjective

[Latin raucus. Eng. rye, that is rough Latin ruga, a wrinkle. Gr. to snore. Latin ruga, a wrinkle, a ridge. See Ridge. The primary sense is to stretch or strain; but applied to roughness or wrinkling, it is to draw or contract, a straining together.]

  1. Having inequalities, small ridges or points on the surface; not smooth or plane; as a rough board, a rough stone; rough cloth.
  2. Stony; abounding with stones and stumps; as rough land; or simply with stones; as a rough road.
  3. Not wrought or polished; as a rough diamond.
  4. Thrown into huge waves; violently agitated; as a rough sea.
All definitions
  1. Tempestuous; stormy; boisterous; as rough weather.
  2. Austere to the taste; harsh; as rough wine.
  3. Harsh to the ear; grating; jarring; unharmonious; as rough sounds; rough numbers.
  4. Rugged of temper; severe; austere; rude; not mild or courteous.
  5. Coarse in manners; rude.
  6. Harsh; violent; not easy; as a rough remedy.
  7. Hard featured; not delicate; as a rough visage.
  8. Harsh; severe; uncivil; as rough usage.
  9. Terrible; dreadful.
  10. Rugged; disordered in appearance; coarse.
  11. Hairy; shaggy; covered with hairs, bristles and the like.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.