G3120

μαλακός

malakosG:A

soft/effeminate

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 KJV translates G3120 in the following manner:

soft (6x), effeminate (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

μαλακός — malakós

μαλακός, μαλακή, μαλακον, soft; soft to the touch: ἱμάτια, Mat 11:8 R G L brackets; Luk 7:25 (ἱματίων πολυτελῶν καί μαλακων, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 78; ἐσθής, Homer, Odyssey 23, 290; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 3; χιτών, Homer, Iliad 2, 42); and simply τά μαλακά, soft raiment (see λευκός, 1): Mat 11:8 T Tr WH. Like the Latinmollis, metaphorically, and in a bad sense: effeminate, of a catamite, a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness, 1Co 6:9 (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 7, 2 under the end; ((Diogenes Laërtius 7, 173 at the end)).

3 occurrences

Matthew (1), Luke (1), I Corinthians (1)