Malakos means “soft” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3120 — yavan (“Javan”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3120 μαλακός (malakos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. malakos (mal-ak-os') adj. 1. soft, i.e. fine (clothing) 2. (figuratively) a catamite It has 5 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include soft and effeminate. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
malakos (mal-ak-os') adj. 1. soft, i.e. fine (clothing) 2. (figuratively) a catamite [of uncertain affinity] KJV: effeminate, soft
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3120. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
soft/effeminate
Usage: μαλακός, -ή, -όν [in LXX: Pro.25:15 (רַךְ) Pro.26:22 (לָהַם)* ;] soft; __1. prop., to the touch (opposite to σκληρός): of clothing, pl., Mat.11:8, Luk.7:25. __2. Of persons and their mode of living; __(a) mild, gentle; __(b) soft, effeminate: 1Co.6:9 (prob. in obscene sense, cf. Deiss., LAE, 150, 4; MM, xvi; Zorell, see word).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render malakos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3120 (μαλακός) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3120.
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3120, grouped by book.
Malakos (Strong's G3120) is a Greek word most simply glossed "soft". malakos (mal-ak-os') adj. 1. soft, i.e. fine (clothing) 2. (figuratively) a catamite
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's G3120 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3120 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as soft and effeminate. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3120, with linked reader references where each row is available.