ΤΡΑΧΕΙΑ, τραχεια
TRACHEIA, tracheia
Sounds Like: tra-KHEH-yah
Translations: rough, rugged, harsh, steep, difficult, a rough, a rugged
From the root: ΤΡΑΧΥΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is rough, rugged, or harsh, often referring to physical terrain like roads or places that are difficult to traverse. It can also be used metaphorically to describe something that is difficult or severe. It is typically used to modify a noun, indicating a quality of that noun.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5138 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:76
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 6:20
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 3:10
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 50:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΡΑΧΥΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΤΡΑΣΧΕΟΣ — of rough, of rugged, of harsh, of steep
- ΤΡΑΧΕΙ — rough, rugged, harsh, steep, a rough (thing)
- ΤΡΑΧΕΙΑΙ — rough, rugged, harsh, steep
- ΤΡΑΧΕΙΑΝ — rough, a rough, rugged, a rugged, harsh, a harsh, difficult, a difficult
- ΤΡΑΧΕΙΑΣ — rough, rugged, harsh, steep
- ΤΡΑΧΕΙΣ — rough, rugged, harsh, steep, difficult, a rough one, a rugged one
- ΤΡΑΧΕΣΙ — rough, rugged, harsh, steep
- ΤΡΑΧΙΑ — rough, rugged, harsh, difficult, steep, a rough
- ΤΡΑΧΙΑΙ — rough, rugged, harsh, difficult, steep, a rough place, rugged places
- ΤΡΑΧΥΣ — rough, a rough, rugged, a rugged, harsh, a harsh, steep, a steep, difficult, a difficult
- ΤΡΑΧΥΤΕΡΑΝ — harsher, rougher, more rugged, more difficult
- ΤΡΑΧΥΤΗΤΑ — roughness, harshness, ruggedness, severity
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