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μαλακός

Transliteration malakos		Pronunciation mä-lä-ko's (Key)
Part of Speech adjective		Root Word (Etymology) Of uncertain affinity
TDNT Reference n/a	Vines View Entry

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

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Strong's Number G3120 matches the Greek μαλακός (malakos), which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (Mat 11:8 - 1Cr 6:9)
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Mat 11:8	But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft [clothing] are in kings' houses.
Luk 7:25	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.
1Cr 6:9	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,

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