Strong's Concordance malakos: soft, effeminate Original Word: μαλακός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: malakos Phonetic Spelling: (mal-ak-os') Short Definition: soft, effeminate Definition: (a) soft, (b) of persons: soft, delicate, effeminate. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3120: μαλακόςμαλακός, μαλακή, μαλακον, soft; soft to the touch: ἱμάτια, Matthew 11:8 R G L brackets; Luke 7:25 (ἱματίων πολυτελῶν καί μαλακων, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 78; ἐσθής, Homer, Odyssey 23, 290; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 3; χιτών, Homer, Iliad 2, 42); and simply τά μαλακά, soft raiment (see λευκός, 1): Matthew 11:8 T Tr WH. Like the Latinmollis, metaphorically, and in a bad sense: effeminate, of a catamite, a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness, 1 Corinthians 6:9 (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 7, 2 under the end; ((Diogenes Laërtius 7, 173 at the end)). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance effeminate, soft. Of uncertain affinity; soft, i.e. Fine (clothing); figuratively, a catamite -- effeminate, soft. Forms and Transliterations εμαλάκυνε μαλακα μαλακά μαλακὰ μαλακή μαλακοι μαλακοί μαλακοὶ μαλακοις μαλακοίς μαλακοῖς μαλακώς malaka malakà malakoi malakoì malakois malakoîsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 31204 Occurrences μαλακὰ — 1 Occ. μαλακοὶ — 1 Occ. μαλακοῖς — 2 Occ. Matthew 11:8 Adj-DNP GRK: ἄνθρωπον ἐν μαλακοῖς ἠμφιεσμένον ἰδοὺ NAS: dressed in soft [clothing]? Those KJV: clothed in soft raiment? behold, INT: a man in fine [clothes] having been dressed Behold Matthew 11:8 Adj-ANP Luke 7:25 Adj-DNP 1 Corinthians 6:9 Adj-NMP |
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