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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πετρώδης

(Strong's #4075 — Adjective — petrodes — pet-ro'-dace )

"rock-like" (petra, "a rock," eidos, "a form, appearance"), is used of "rock" underlying shallow soil, Matthew 13:5,20 , RV, "the rocky places" (AV, "stony places"); Mark 4:5 , RV, "the rocky ground" (AV, "stony ground"); Mark 4:16 , RV, "rocky places" (AV, "stony ground").

Note: In Acts 27:29 , AV, the phrase tracheis topoi, lit., "rough places," is translated "rocks" (RV, "rocky ground").

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Rocky'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​r/rocky.html. 1940.
 
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