malakos

Strong’sG3120

soft, effeminate

stem malak-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

μαλακός, -ή, -όν,

[in LXX: Pr 25:15 (רַךְ) Pr 26:22 (כְּמִתְלַהֲמִים)*;]

soft;

1. prop., to the touch (opp. to σκληρός): of clothing, pl., Mt 11:8, Lk 7:25.

2. Of persons and their mode of living;

(a) mild, gentle;

(b) soft, effeminate: I Co 6:9 (prob. in obscene sense, cf. Deiss., LAE, 1504; MM, xvi; Zorell, s.v.).†

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

Strong’s G3120 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmal-ak-os'

soft, i.e. fine (clothing); figuratively, a catamite

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jameseffeminate, soft.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

μᾰλᾰκός, ή, όν,
soft:
I of things subject to touch, εὐνή Refs 8th c.BC+; πέπλοι Refs 8th c.BC+; νειὸς μ. fresh-ploughed fallow, Refs; λειμῶνες μ. soft grassy meadows, Refs 8th c.BC+; of the skin or flesh, μ. παρειαί Refs 5th c.BC+; πρόβατα μ. soft-fleeced, Refs 4th c.BC+; τόποι πεδινοὶ καὶ μ., opposed to hard, rugged ground, Refs 4th c.BC+; οἱ κρημνοὶ οἱ μ.Refs 3rd c.BC+; μ. τέφρα a slow fire, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὕδωρ μ., of marsh water, Refs 5th c.BC+; of soil, Refs 5th c.BC+ adverb, μαλακῶς ἐνεύδειν, εὑδέμεναι, to sleep softly, i.e. on soft bedding, Refs 8th c.BC+; καθίζου μ. sit softly, i.e. on a cushion, Refs 5th c.BC+; but ὡς μ. ἐσθίεις what dainty food you have! Refs 4th c.BC+
I.2 μαλακά (i.e. σκεύη), τά, household utensils, Refs 4th c.BC+
II of things not subject to touch, gentle, θάνατος Refs 8th c.BC+; μ. ἔπεα soft, fair words, Refs 8th c.BC+; μ. βλέμμα tender, youthful looks, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. οἶνος mild, Refs 4th c.BC+; μ. [φωνή] soft, Refs; of scent, faint, delicate, Refs 4th c.BC+; of climate, mild, Refs adverb μαλακῶς, αὐλεῖν Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 light, mild, - ώτεραι ζημίαι Refs 5th c.BC+
III of persons or modes of life, soft, mild, gentle, μαλακώτερος ἀμφαφάασθαι easier to handle, of a fallen hero, Refs 8th c.BC+
III.2 in bad sense, soft, μ. ἐν τῇ ξυναγωγῇ τοῦ πολέμου Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb - κῶς, ξυμμαχεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+; -ωτέρως ἀνθήπτετο attacked him somewhat feebly, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2.b faint-hearted, cowardly, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2.c morally weak, lacking in self-control, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀντίκειται τῷ μ. ὁ καρτερικός Refs 4th c.BC+: with infinitive, μαλακὸς καρτερεῖν πρὸς ἡδονάς τε καὶ λύπας Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. οὐδὲν ἐνδιδόναι not to give in from weakness or want of spirit, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ μ. indulgences, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2.d ={παθητικός}, NT+3rd c.BC+
III.2.e of music, soft, effeminate, μ. ἁρμονίαι Refs 5th c.BC+; tuned to a low pitch, opposed to σύντονος, χρῶμα μ. Refs 2nd c.AD+
III.2.f of style, feeble, τὸ -ώτερον καὶ ταπεινότερον Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2.g of reasoning, weak, loose, λόγος Refs 5th c.BC+; λόγος λίαν μ. Refs 4th c.BC+ adverb -κῶς, συλλογίζεσθαι to reason loosely, Refs; ἀποδεικνύειν -ώτερον Refs
III.3 weakly, sickly, -κῶς ἔχειν to be ill, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV adverb -κῶς, see supr. I, II, III.

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

soft2×male prostitutes1×soft clothing1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	malakos	malakas	malakem	malakois1×μαλακοὶ	malakais	malakeim1×μαλακὰ
object accusative	malakon	malakan		malakoin	malakain
direct address vocative	malakor	malakar		malakoir	malakair
of, belonging to genitive	malakou	malakau	malakeu	malakoiu	malakaiu	malakeiu
to, for dative	malako	malaka	malake	malakoi	malakai	malakei2×μαλακοῖς

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

malakstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

malak 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

malakois“male prostitutes”subjectnominative plural1×

1 Corinthians 6:9“male prostitutes”… pornois oute eidōlolatrois oute moichois oute malakois oute arsenokoitois… sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who …

malakeim“soft clothing”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Matthew 11:8“soft clothing”… en malakei amfiennuorēnton? idou tois teim malakeim forarōntois en toi oikoi toiu basilevoiu …… A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.

malakei“soft”to, fordative plural2×

Matthew 11:8“soft”alla tinem exerchava horara? anthrōpon en malakei amfiennuorēnton? idou tois teim malakeim forarōntois …Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing …

Luke 7:25“soft”alla tinem exerchava horara? anthrōpon en malakei himatiei amfiennuorēnton? idou tois en himatismo …Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are …