Lexical 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. |
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