Rocky
Rocky
“rock-like” (petra, “a rock,” eidos, “a form, appearance”), is used of “rock” underlying shallow soil, Mat 13:5, Mat 13:20, RV, “the rocky places” (AV, “stony places”); Mar 4:5, RV, “the rocky ground” (AV, “stony ground”); Mar 4:16, RV, “rocky places” (AV, “stony ground”).
Note: In Act 27:29, AV, the phrase tracheis topoi, lit., “rough places,” is translated “rocks” (RV, “rocky ground”).