adjective

malakos

Greekμαλακός (malakos)

Strong’sG3120

soft, effeminate

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

Translated as

soft2×male prostitutes1×soft clothing1×

What it means

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.

Every form

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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

malakois“male prostitutes”subjectnominative plural1×

1 Corinthians 6:9“male prostitutes”Ē ouk oidavē hoti adikois theou basileian ouk klēronomali? mē planivōr; oute pornois oute eidōlolatrois oute moichois oute malakois oute arsenokoitoisDo you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

malakeim“soft clothing”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Matthew 11:8“soft clothing”alla tinem exerchava horara? anthrōpon en malakei amfiennuirēton? idou tois teim malakeim forarōtois en toi oikoi toiu basilevoiu alō.Otherwise, what did you go out to see? 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 amfiennuirēton? idou tois teim malakeim forarōtois en toi oikoi toiu basilevoiu alō.Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.

Luke 7:25“soft”alla tinem exerchava horara? anthrōpon en malakei himatiei amfiennuirēton? idou tois en himatismo endoxo kai trufa huparcharōtois en tei basileiei alō.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 found in palaces.