Strong G3119μαλακία
sickness
- Transliteration
- malakia
- Pronunciation
- mal-ak-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3120; softness that is enervation (debility): - disease.
Detailed definition
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)
(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)
In the Bible
Strong G3119 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- disease3
First verses
- Matthew 4:23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
- Matthew 9:35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
- Matthew 10:1And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μᾰλᾰκ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (μαλακός) softness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)]“Aër.” 20: hence, of persons, moral weakness, opposed to καρτερία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1150a31, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.22, etc.; τῇ σαυτοῦ ζυγομάχει μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 201.5.)]
2 ={κιναιδεία}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.306, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 4, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 58.4.)]
3 weakliness, sickness, [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.42.4, NT.Matt.4.23, Pseudo-Herodotus Historicus “Vitae Homeri” 36, “POxy.” 1151.27 (5th c.AD))]; μ. σώματος, opposed to ψυχῆς, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.30 K.)]
II calmness of the sea, malacia ac tranquillitas, [Refs (Caes. “BG” 3.15.3.)]
μᾰλᾰκ-ια, τά,
cephalopod mollusca, i.e. water-animals of soft substance, without external shells, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 523b2, “PA” 654a10, +others, Diocl.fragment 132.)]
II see at {μαλάχιον}.
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (μαλακός) softness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)]“Aër.” 20: hence, of persons, moral weakness, opposed to καρτερία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1150a31, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.22, etc.; τῇ σαυτοῦ ζυγομάχει μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 201.5.)]
2 ={κιναιδεία}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.306, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 4, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 58.4.)]
3 weakliness, sickness, [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.42.4, NT.Matt.4.23, Pseudo-Herodotus Historicus “Vitae Homeri” 36, “POxy.” 1151.27 (5th c.AD))]; μ. σώματος, opposed to ψυχῆς, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.30 K.)]
II calmness of the sea, malacia ac tranquillitas, [Refs (Caes. “BG” 3.15.3.)]
μᾰλᾰκ-ια, τά,
cephalopod mollusca, i.e. water-animals of soft substance, without external shells, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 523b2, “PA” 654a10, +others, Diocl.fragment 132.)]
II see at {μαλάχιον}.