τραχύς trachýs

Meaning

uneven, rocky (reefy)

In the King James Version: rock, rough

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

Where it is used

• Luke 3:5 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.
• Acts 27:29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.