Strong's #3120: malakos (pronounced mal-ak-os')

of uncertain affinity; soft, i.e. fine (clothing); figuratively, a catamite:--effeminate, soft.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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malakos

1) soft, soft to the touch

2) metaphorically in a bad sense

2a) effeminate

2a1) of a catamite

2a2) of a boy kept for homosexual relations with a man

2a3) of a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness

2a4) of a male prostitute

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: of uncertain affinity

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Matthew 11:8: "A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft"
Matthew 11:8: "raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses."
Luke 7:25: "A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously appareled,"
1 Corinthians 6:9: "nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,"