Strong's Greek Concordance

G5138: τραχύς

trachýs · “rough”

Definition

uneven, rocky (reefy)

KJV translates it as: rock, rough

Word origin: perhaps strengthened from the base of G4486 (ῥήγνυμι) (as if jagged by rents);

Extended definition

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)

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How G5138 is translated

  • rough ×1
  • rocky ×1

Bible verses with G5138 (trachýs)

Trachýs appears in 2 verses.

  • Luke 3:5

    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;

  • Acts 27:29

    Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

Words derived from G5138