μαλακία malakia · G3119
sickness
μαλακία -ας, ἡ; (μαλακός), [in LXX chiefly for חֳלִי Deu.7:15 28:61, Isa.38:9 53:3, al. ; ] ; 1. prop., softness, effeminacy (Hdt., Thuc., al). ; 2. In NT, as in LXX, = ἀσθένεια, weakness, sickness: νόσος καὶ μ., Mat.4:23 9:35 10:1.†; SYN.: see: ἀσθένεια (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μᾰλᾰκ-ία, ; Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (μαλακός) softness, []“Aër.” 20: hence, of persons, moral weakness, opposed to καρτερία, []; 2 ={κιναιδεία}, []; 3 weakliness, sickness, []; μ. σώματος, opposed to ψυχῆς, []; II calmness of the sea, malacia ac tranquillitas, [] ; μᾰλᾰκ-ια, τά, ; cephalopod mollusca, i.e. water-animals of soft substance, without external shells, []; II see at {μαλάχιον}.
Where it's used 3 times
Matthew 4:23 · Matthew 9:35 · Matthew 10:1
Source: TBESG G3119; TFLSJ G3119
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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