μαλακός
malakos · soft, fine
Greek word · Strong’s number G3120 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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malakos (μαλακός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “soft, fine”.
Of clothing, luxurious. As a noun, a man who lets himself be used sexually by another man.
How to say it
ma·la·kos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Delicate: luxurious clothes.
- A man who lets himself be used sexually by another man.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- soft clothes ×2
- effeminate men ×1
- soft ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 11:8
But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear soft clothes are in the houses of kings.
- Luke 7:25
But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Look, those who live in splendid clothing and luxury are in royal palaces.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor men who lie with males,
And 1 more times.