Strong's Greek #3120 - μαλακός, ή, όν malakos (soft)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance effeminate, soft. Of uncertain affinity; soft, i.e. Fine (clothing); figuratively, a catamite -- effeminate, soft. Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 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)).Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 3120. μαλακός (malakos) — 4 OccurrencesMatthew 11:8 - Adj-DNP Matthew 11:8 - Adj-ANP Luke 7:25 - Adj-DNP 1 Corinthians 6:9 - Adj-NMP |