noun · feminine

malakias

Greekμαλακία (malakia)

Strong’sG3119

weakness, illness

stem malaki-3 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

sickness3×

What it means

μαλακία -ας, ἡ

(< μαλακός), [in LXX chiefly for חֳלִי, De 7:15 28:61, Is 38:9 53:3, al.;]

1. prop., softness, effeminacy (Hdt., Thuc., al.).

2. In NT, as in LXX, = ἀσθένεια, weakness, sickness: νόσος καὶ μ., Mt 4:23 9:35 10:1.†

SYN.: v.s. ἀσθένεια.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3119 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmal-ak-ee'-ah

softness, i.e. enervation (debility)

Fromfrom G3120;

King Jamesdisease.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	malakias	malakiais
object accusative	malakian3×μαλακίαν	malakiain
direct address vocative	malakiar	malakiair
of, belonging to genitive	malakiau	malakiaiu
to, for dative	malakia	malakiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

malakistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

malakia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

malakian“sickness”objectaccusative singular3×

Matthew 4:23“sickness”Kai periagate en hola ta Galilaia, didaskarōtos en tai sunagōgai autoiu kai kērussarōtos tem euangeliem tau basileiau kai therapeuarōtos pantan nosan kai pantan malakian en to lao.Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 9:35“sickness”Kai periagate tos Iēsus tain politain pantain kai tain kōmain, didaskarōtos en tai sunagōgai autoiu kai kērussarōtos tem euangeliem tau basileiau kai therapeuarōtos pantan nosan kai pantan malakian.Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.

Matthew 10:1“sickness”Kai proskaleratos toin dōdeka mathētoin autou dōata autoi exousian pneumeiu akatharteiu hōste ekballarō auteim kai therapeuarō pantan nosan kai pantan malakian.And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.