Strong G5138τραχύς
rough
- Transliteration
- trachus
- Pronunciation
- trakh-oos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Perhaps strengthened from the base of G4486 (as if jagged by rents);
uneven rocky (reefy): - rock rough.
uneven rocky (reefy): - rock rough.
Detailed 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)
[in LXX: Isa.40:4 (רֶכֶס), etc.;]
rough: ὁδοί (Is, l.with), Luk.3:5 (LXX); τοποί (i.e. rocky), Act.27:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5138 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rock1
- rough1
First verses
- Luke 3:5Every 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 27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τρᾱχ-ύς, εῖα, ύ:
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τρηχύς, feminine -εῖα, -εῖαν, -είης, neuter -ύ [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 291, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.74))]; in Ionic dialect Prose feminine τρηχέᾰ, accusative τρηχέᾰν, genitive τρηχέης, dative τρηχέῃ (imperfectly preserved in codices; in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23, 9.122, codices ABCP have τρηχέη, -έην, -έης,)] RSV have -εῖα, -εῖαν, -είη; for codices [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus see Kühleweinip. lxxxvi))]; τρηχείην (before consonant) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 89 codices, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.375 codices)]; τρηχείης (as proper name) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 47)]; genitive plural neuter ἐρίων.. τρηχείων [Refs (“GDI” 5633.14 (from Teos))]; dual in Trag. τραχεῖ, Ion Trag.67:—jagged, λίθος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.308)]; χαλινοί, opposed to λεῖοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 9.9, compare 10.6; τ. καὶ γωνιοειδής 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 65)]; prickly, ἄκανθαι, ἄκανθα, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.32e, 138d (both _superlative_))]; rugged, ἀκτή, ἀταρπός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.425, 14.1)]; as epithet of Ithaca, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (9.27, 10.417; so γῆ λιθώδης καὶ τρηχέα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23; Χερσονήσου τῆς Τρηχέης καλεομένης, of the Crimea, [prev. work] 99)]; and frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect of rocky districts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 726, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1083)]; τὰ τραχέα, τὰ τραχύτατα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.10, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 4; τ. καὶ χαλεπὴ ὁδός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328e)]; also, rough, γλῶσσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.63)]; ἔρια [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“GDI” [same place], “PCair.Zen.” 287.2 (3rd c.BC); σφόγγοι [prev. work] 12.56 (3rd c.BC); χῆμαι [prev. work] 82.12 (3rd c.BC))]; σινδόνες (towels, opposed to μαλακαί) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.418; χερσὶ μὴ πάνυ μαλακαῖς, ὥσπερ αὖ μηδὲ τραχείαις, ἀνατρίβειν τὸ σῶμα [prev. work]417; τὰ τ. κατὰ τὰς ἀνωμαλίας ἀλλήλοις ἐμπλεκόμενα ἑνοῦται, τὰ δὲ λεῖα κτλ. Diocl.fragment 26; βλέφαρα 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.16, “PTeb.” 273 _intransitive_ (2nd-3rd c.AD))]; shaggy, τὰ κάτωθεν τ. καὶ τραγοειδής, of Pan, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 408d, compare 420e; λάσιον καὶ τ. [τὸ κέαρ].. ἔχοντες [prev. author] “Tht.” 194e)]; τ. σώματα, opposed to λεῖα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.1)]; of the voice, harsh, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67c, etc.)]; especially of the voice of boys, when it breaks, μεταβάλλειν ἐπὶ τὸ -ύτερον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 581a18; τὸ τ. τῆς φωνῆς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 14)]; and of a person, τῇ φωνῇ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.9)]; also τραχυτάτη γλῶσσα (compare τραχύστομος) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.2.28)]; of sounds and their combinations, harsh, opposed to λεῖος, σύνθεσις, διάλεκτος, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.Herc.” 994.32,36:)] —on τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία, see at {ἀρτηρία}.
2 of battle and conflict, ὑσμίνη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 119; νιφὰς πολέμοιο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).17(35), compare 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 89; φάλαγγες 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.22.)]
3 of natural forces, ῥόθιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1048 (_anapaest meter_); -ύτερα τὰ νοσήματα ἀπεργάζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 84c)]; of a river, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 60, etc.; ἄελλαι 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1078.)]
4 of persons, their acts, feelings, or conditions, rough, harsh, savage, τ. ἔφεδρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.96)]; οὐ τ. εἰμι καταθέμεν I am not niggardly in paying,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7.76; Ἡσυχία [prev. author] “P.” 8.10; ἅπας δὲ τ. ὅστις ἂν νέον κρατῇ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 35, compare 188 (_anapaest meter_), 326; δικαστὴς τ. εἶ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1421; τ. γε.. δῆμος [prev. author] “Th.” 1049; τ. καὶ τεθηγμένους λόγους [prev. author] “Pr.” 313; τ. ὀργή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 447; λεῖον καὶ τ. πάθημα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 63e; νόμοι τραχύτατοι [prev. author] “Lg.” 864c)]; τὸ τ. τοῦ ἤθους, τοῦ νόμου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cra.” 406a, “R.” 452c; -ύτερα πράγματα 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.18)]; εὐνομίη τραχέα λειαίνει smooths the rough places, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.35.)]
II adverb τρᾱχέως, Ionic dialect τρηχέως, rare in the literal sense, roughly, τ. ὑλακτεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 8)]; neuter as adverb, τρηχὺ φωνῇ ἠπείλει [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.74; θάλασσα τραχὺ βοᾷ “Anthologia Graeca” 5.179 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 of men's acts, τρηχέως περιέπειν τινά handle roughly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73, 114)]; τραχέως ἔχειν to be rough, harshly disposed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.33)]; τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.45; -ύτερον ἄρχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.55; τ. ἀποκρίνεσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 21, etc.)]; τ. φέρειν take hardly, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lys.” 15)]; rarely τραχυτέρως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Clitopho” 406a; περιέφθησαν τρηχύτατα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.15. (Prob. _cognate_ with θράσσω, compare ἐνθράσσω.))]
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τρηχύς, feminine -εῖα, -εῖαν, -είης, neuter -ύ [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 291, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.74))]; in Ionic dialect Prose feminine τρηχέᾰ, accusative τρηχέᾰν, genitive τρηχέης, dative τρηχέῃ (imperfectly preserved in codices; in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23, 9.122, codices ABCP have τρηχέη, -έην, -έης,)] RSV have -εῖα, -εῖαν, -είη; for codices [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus see Kühleweinip. lxxxvi))]; τρηχείην (before consonant) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 89 codices, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.375 codices)]; τρηχείης (as proper name) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 47)]; genitive plural neuter ἐρίων.. τρηχείων [Refs (“GDI” 5633.14 (from Teos))]; dual in Trag. τραχεῖ, Ion Trag.67:—jagged, λίθος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.308)]; χαλινοί, opposed to λεῖοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 9.9, compare 10.6; τ. καὶ γωνιοειδής 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 65)]; prickly, ἄκανθαι, ἄκανθα, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.32e, 138d (both _superlative_))]; rugged, ἀκτή, ἀταρπός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.425, 14.1)]; as epithet of Ithaca, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (9.27, 10.417; so γῆ λιθώδης καὶ τρηχέα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23; Χερσονήσου τῆς Τρηχέης καλεομένης, of the Crimea, [prev. work] 99)]; and frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect of rocky districts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 726, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1083)]; τὰ τραχέα, τὰ τραχύτατα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.10, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 4; τ. καὶ χαλεπὴ ὁδός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328e)]; also, rough, γλῶσσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.63)]; ἔρια [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“GDI” [same place], “PCair.Zen.” 287.2 (3rd c.BC); σφόγγοι [prev. work] 12.56 (3rd c.BC); χῆμαι [prev. work] 82.12 (3rd c.BC))]; σινδόνες (towels, opposed to μαλακαί) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.418; χερσὶ μὴ πάνυ μαλακαῖς, ὥσπερ αὖ μηδὲ τραχείαις, ἀνατρίβειν τὸ σῶμα [prev. work]417; τὰ τ. κατὰ τὰς ἀνωμαλίας ἀλλήλοις ἐμπλεκόμενα ἑνοῦται, τὰ δὲ λεῖα κτλ. Diocl.fragment 26; βλέφαρα 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.16, “PTeb.” 273 _intransitive_ (2nd-3rd c.AD))]; shaggy, τὰ κάτωθεν τ. καὶ τραγοειδής, of Pan, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 408d, compare 420e; λάσιον καὶ τ. [τὸ κέαρ].. ἔχοντες [prev. author] “Tht.” 194e)]; τ. σώματα, opposed to λεῖα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.1)]; of the voice, harsh, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67c, etc.)]; especially of the voice of boys, when it breaks, μεταβάλλειν ἐπὶ τὸ -ύτερον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 581a18; τὸ τ. τῆς φωνῆς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 14)]; and of a person, τῇ φωνῇ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.9)]; also τραχυτάτη γλῶσσα (compare τραχύστομος) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.2.28)]; of sounds and their combinations, harsh, opposed to λεῖος, σύνθεσις, διάλεκτος, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.Herc.” 994.32,36:)] —on τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία, see at {ἀρτηρία}.
2 of battle and conflict, ὑσμίνη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 119; νιφὰς πολέμοιο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).17(35), compare 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 89; φάλαγγες 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.22.)]
3 of natural forces, ῥόθιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1048 (_anapaest meter_); -ύτερα τὰ νοσήματα ἀπεργάζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 84c)]; of a river, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 60, etc.; ἄελλαι 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1078.)]
4 of persons, their acts, feelings, or conditions, rough, harsh, savage, τ. ἔφεδρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.96)]; οὐ τ. εἰμι καταθέμεν I am not niggardly in paying,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7.76; Ἡσυχία [prev. author] “P.” 8.10; ἅπας δὲ τ. ὅστις ἂν νέον κρατῇ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 35, compare 188 (_anapaest meter_), 326; δικαστὴς τ. εἶ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1421; τ. γε.. δῆμος [prev. author] “Th.” 1049; τ. καὶ τεθηγμένους λόγους [prev. author] “Pr.” 313; τ. ὀργή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 447; λεῖον καὶ τ. πάθημα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 63e; νόμοι τραχύτατοι [prev. author] “Lg.” 864c)]; τὸ τ. τοῦ ἤθους, τοῦ νόμου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cra.” 406a, “R.” 452c; -ύτερα πράγματα 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.18)]; εὐνομίη τραχέα λειαίνει smooths the rough places, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.35.)]
II adverb τρᾱχέως, Ionic dialect τρηχέως, rare in the literal sense, roughly, τ. ὑλακτεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 8)]; neuter as adverb, τρηχὺ φωνῇ ἠπείλει [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.74; θάλασσα τραχὺ βοᾷ “Anthologia Graeca” 5.179 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 of men's acts, τρηχέως περιέπειν τινά handle roughly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73, 114)]; τραχέως ἔχειν to be rough, harshly disposed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.33)]; τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.45; -ύτερον ἄρχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.55; τ. ἀποκρίνεσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 21, etc.)]; τ. φέρειν take hardly, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lys.” 15)]; rarely τραχυτέρως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Clitopho” 406a; περιέφθησαν τρηχύτατα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.15. (Prob. _cognate_ with θράσσω, compare ἐνθράσσω.))]