adjective
trachuos
Greekτραχύς (trachus)
Strong’sG5138
rough
stem trachu-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
τραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ
[in LXX: Is 40:4 (רֶכֶס), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5138 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtrakh-oos'
uneven, rocky (reefy)
Fromperhaps strengthened from the base of G4486 (as if jagged by rents);
King Jamesrock, rough.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | trachuos | trachuas | trachuem | trachuois | trachuais1×τραχεῖαι | trachueim |
| object accusative | trachuon | trachuan | trachuoin1×τραχεῖς | trachuain | ||
| direct address vocative | trachuor | trachuar | trachuoir | trachuair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | trachuou | trachuau | trachueu | trachuoiu | trachuaiu | trachueiu |
| to, for dative | trachuo | trachua | trachue | trachuoi | trachuai | trachuei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
trachu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
trachuoin“rocks”objectaccusative plural1×
Acts 27:29“rocks”foberōtois tē mē pou kata trachuoin topoin ekpiptaneia ek prumnau riptaratois ankurain tessares euchele hēmeran ginera.Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
trachuais“rough”subjectnominative plural1×
Luke 3:5“rough”pantas faranxas plēriti kai pantem orem kai bounos tapeiniti, kai eti teim skolieim eis euthuan kai tais trachuais eis hodain leiain;Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.