26 occurrences in 13 translations

'Rough' in the Bible

The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

Verse ConceptsSpying

Of the first of your rough meal you are to give a cake for a lifted offering, lifting it up before the Lord as the offering of the grain-floor is lifted up.

Verse ConceptsGrindingThreshing Floor

From generation to generation you are to give to the Lord a lifted offering from the first of your rough meal.

Verse ConceptsGrinding

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:

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterDislocatingUnused

Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?

Verse ConceptsTelling What People Said

(now the man’s name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings; he was a Calebite).

Verse ConceptsBehaviourIntelligenceOutward AppearanceSelfishness, Examples OfGood Wives ExamplesBeauty, In WomenDiscourtesyWomen's BeautyBeauty Of NatureA Good WomanInner BeautyBeauty And Self WorthA Good HusbandBeautiful Women

But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

Verse ConceptsGreetingsInsulting Other PeopleTelling Of Happenings

And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

Verse ConceptsDiscourtesyThe Elders GatheredMan's Counsel

And you are to put every walled town to destruction, cutting down every good tree, and stopping up every water-spring, and making all the good land rough with stones.

Verse ConceptsFortified CitiesTownEcological ConcernsConquestFelling TreesCities Under AttackPeople Drying Things UpHarming Trees

And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,

And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestGrindingFractions, One TenthTithesFirst fruitsTithes And Offering

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

Verse ConceptseastOut Of The EastPeople ExiledThe East Wind

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:

Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesMountains RemovedSmoothnessPutting Things DownThings Lifted UpHighways

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;I will guide them on paths they have not known.I will turn darkness to light in front of themand rough places into level ground.This is what I will do for them,and I will not forsake them.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesdecisionsGuardiansGuidance, God's Promises OfWalking In DarknessPaths Of BelieversStraight ThingsLight Of God's PeopleNot Knowing WhereDarknessBlindnessguidancePathscredibility

“I will go before you and make the rough places smooth;I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

Verse ConceptsBattlesIronCrookednessBrassStraighteningSmoothnessGod Going BeforeIron ObjectsBronze GatesSolar EclipseBreaking Chains

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.

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

Verse ConceptsAlexander The GreatHorns In AllegoryCosmic CreaturesEyes In Prophecy

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:

Verse ConceptsHairsNo VisionsAvoiding DeceitHairclothShame Of Bad Conduct

and in the morning, 'It will be rough weather to-day, for the sky is red and murky.' You learn how to distinguish the aspect of the heavens, but the signs of the times you cannot.

Verse ConceptsMorningSignsWeather ForecastsSigns Of Christ's ReturnIn The MorningAppearances ofHypocritesHypocrisyDiscernmentSigns Of The End TimesStaying Strong During Hard TimesWeather In The Last Daysweather

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;

Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesMountains RemovedTwisted WaysStraighteningSmoothnessPutting Things DownSmoothPaths

A strong wind was blowing, and the sea was getting rough.

Verse ConceptsThe Sea Stirred UpThe Sealakes

and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

Verse ConceptsDawnAnchorsShipsFour Other ThingsBack Of Things

But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.

Verse ConceptsEloquenceAmateursPeople With KnowledgeSpeech

Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.

Verse ConceptsWindShipsBig ThingsSmall ThingsMarinersThe TongueDirectionStaying Strong During Hard Timessailing

Bible Theasaurus

Bearded (2 instances)
Boisterous (7 instances)
Bully (2 instances)
Bushy (1 instance)
Craggy (1 instance)
Crisp (1 instance)
Fierce (120 instances)
Grating (11 instances)
Gravel (3 instances)
Hairy (8 instances)
Jolting (1 instance)
Knotted (3 instances)
Leafy (16 instances)
Pugnacious (2 instances)
Rocky (31 instances)
Rough (26 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
איתן 
'eythan 
Usage: 13

סמר 
Camar 
Usage: 1

עז 
`az 
Usage: 22

קשׁה 
Qasheh 
Usage: 36

רכס 
Rekec 
Usage: 1

שׂער שׂעיר 
Sa`iyr 
Usage: 59

שׂער שׂער 
Se`ar 
Usage: 28

τραχύς 
Trachus 
Usage: 2

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