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Lexicon :: Strong's G3120 - malakos

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μαλακός
Transliteration
malakos (Key)
Pronunciation
mal-ak-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

μαλακός malakós, mal-ak-os'; of uncertain affinity; soft, i.e. fine (clothing); figuratively, a catamite:—effeminate, soft.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3120 in the following manner: soft (3x), effeminate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3120 in the following manner: soft (3x), effeminate (1x).

  1. soft, soft to the touch

  2. metaph. in a bad sense

    1. effeminate

      1. of a catamite

      2. of a boy kept for homosexual relations with a man

      3. of a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness

      4. of a male prostitute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μαλακός malakós, mal-ak-os'; of uncertain affinity; soft, i.e. fine (clothing); figuratively, a catamite:—effeminate, soft.
STRONGS G3120:
μαλακός, 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)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
11:8; 11:8
Luke
7:25
1 Corinthians
6:9

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Strong's Number G3120 matches the Greek μαλακός (malakos),
which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:8 - What then did you go out to see? A man[fn] dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:25 - What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings’ courts.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:9 - Or do you not know that the unrighteous[fn] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[fn]
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