Deuteronomy 21:4
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
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Rough
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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;
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τραχύς
trachýs · trakh-oos'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
uneven, rocky (reefy)
Strong's KJV usage: :--rock, rough.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 3:5Strong's last: Luke 3:5
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ʼêythân · ay-thawn'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
Strong's KJV usage: hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 21:4Strong's last: Deuteronomy 21:4
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çâmâr · saw-mar'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
bristling, i.e. shaggy
Strong's KJV usage: rough.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 51:27Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:27
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qâsheh · kaw-sheh'
1 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
severe (in various applications)
Strong's KJV usage: churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff(necked), stubborn, in trouble.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 27:8Strong's last: Isaiah 27:8
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sâʻîyr · saw-eer'
1 times translated as this KJV form59 total Strong's occurrences
shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
Strong's KJV usage: devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.
Strong's first: Daniel 8:21Strong's last: Daniel 8:21
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sêʻâr · say-awr'
1 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
hair (as if tossed or bristling)
Strong's KJV usage: hair(-y), × rough.
Strong's first: Zechariah 13:4Strong's last: Zechariah 13:4
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H386
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
H7186
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
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Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
H5569
Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
H8163
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
H8181
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
G5138
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;
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rough
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.
5. Tempestuous; stormy; boisterous; as rough weather.
6. Austere to the taste; harsh; as rough wine.
7. Harsh to the ear; grating; jarring; unharmonious; as rough sounds; rough numbers.
8. Rugged of temper; severe; austere; rude; not mild or courteous.
A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough
9. Coarse in manners; rude.
A surly boatman, rough as seas and wind.
10. Harsh; violent; not easy; as a rough remedy.
11. Hard featured; not delicate; as a rough visage.
12. Harsh; severe; uncivil; as rough usage.
13. Terrible; dreadful.
On the rough edge of battle, ere it join'd, Satan advanc'd.
14. Rugged; disordered in appearance; coarse.
ROUGH from the tossing surge Ulysses moves.
15. Hairy; shaggy; covered with hairs, bristles and the like.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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