3120 – μαλακός (malakos)

soft


Type:
Adjective
Greek: μαλακός (malakos)
Pronunciation: mal-ak-os
Gematria: 168(40 + 1 + 30 + 1 + 20 + 70 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: Of uncertain affinity
Usage: 4 times in NT

Description

  1. Soft, soft to the touch.
  2. Metaphor, 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.


Word root

Word with malakos as root:

μαλακίαmalakiaG3119disease

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into malakos :

רַךְrachH7390tender

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Adjective Adjective
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
A-APN-1
Adjective Adjective
dative pl. neut. dative plural Neutral
A-DPN-2
Adjective Adjective
nom. pl. Nominative plural masculine
A-NPM-1


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Usage in NT


2
1
1
Total    4

References (4 occurances in 3 verses)





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