Strong's Number 3120

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

malakos {mal-ak-os'}

Word Origin:

of uncertain affinity

Part of Speech:

adjective

Usage in the KJV:

soft 3, effeminate 1

Total: 4

Definition:

soft, soft to the touch
metaph. in a bad sense
1. 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