Strongs Number: G3120
- Greek Word
- μαλακός
- Transliteration
- malakos
- Phonetic
- mal-ak-os'
- Part of Speech
- Adjective
- Strongs Definition
-
soft that is fine (clothing); figuratively a catamite
- Thayers Definition
-
1. soft, soft to the touch
2. metaph. in a bad sense
a. 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
- Origin
- Of uncertain affinity
- Bible Usage
- effeminate soft.