- Original: τραχύς - Transliteration: Trachus - Phonetic: trakh-oos' - Definition: 1. rough, rocky a. of places of the sea - Origin: perhaps strengthened from the base of G4486 (as if jagged by rents) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: Perhaps strengthened from the base of G4486 (as if jagged by rents); uneven rocky (reefy): - rock rough. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • rocks, 1 Act 27:29 • ways, 1 Luke 3:5