Lexicon malakia: softness, weakness Original Word: μαλακία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: malakia Phonetic Spelling: (mal-ak-ee'-ah) Short Definition: weakness, illness Definition: weakness, illness, sickness. HELPS word-Studies 3119 malakía (from 3120 /malakós, "soft") – a disease or condition that weakens ("softens") the victim. 3119 (malakía) is an ailment that disables – "a debilitating infirmity" causing the body to lose muscle fiber, etc. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom malakosDefinitionsoftness, weakness NASB Translationsickness (3).
Thayer's 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.
Strong's disease. From malakos; softness, i.e. Enervation (debility) -- disease. see GREEK malakos |
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