King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3119
Transliteration: malakia
Phonetic Spelling: (mal-ak-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: softness, weakness
Meaning: softness, weakness
μαλακία, μαλακίας, ἡ (μαλακός);
Word Summary
malakia: softness, weakness
Original Word: μαλακίαTransliteration: malakia
Phonetic Spelling: (mal-ak-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: softness, weakness
Meaning: softness, weakness
Strong's Concordance
disease. From malakos; softness, i.e. Enervation (debility) -- disease.
see GREEK malakos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3119: μαλακίαμαλακία, μαλακίας, ἡ (μαλακός);
1. properly, softness (from Herodotus down).
2. in the N. T. (like ἀσθένεια, ἀρρωστία) infirmity, debility, bodily weakness, sickness (the Sept. for חלִי, disease, Deuteronomy 7:15; Deuteronomy 28:61; Isaiah 38:9, etc.); joined with νόσος, Matthew 4:23; Matthew 9:35; Matthew 10:1.