μαλακία, 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 ημΔι, disease, Deu_7:15; Deu_28:61; Isa_38:9, etc.); joined with νόσος, Mat_4:23; Mat_9:35; Mat_10:1.

μαλακία malakia 3x softness; listlessness, indisposition, weakness, infirmity of body, Mat_4:23 ; Mat_9:35 ; Mat_10:1

μαλακία -ας , ἡ ( < μαλακός ), [in LXX chiefly for H2483 Deu_7:15 ; Deu_28:61 , Isa_38:9 ; Isa_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 ; Mat_9:35 ; Mat_10:1 .† SYN.: see ἀσθένεια G769 .

μαλακία [page 387] μαλακία , in the sense of bodily weakness, is found conjoined with νόσος , as in Mat_4:23 al. , in the Christian amulets P Oxy VIII. 1151 .27 (v/A.D. ?) ὁ ἰασάμενος πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν , ἴασαι καὶ ἐπίσκεψαι καὶ τὴν δούλην σου Ἰωαννίαν , BGU III. 954 .12 ( c. vi/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 133) πᾶσαν δὲ νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἄφελε ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ . Cf. Menander Fragm. p. 58 μηκέτ᾽ αἰτιῶ θεόν , | ἤδη δὲ τῇ σαυτοῦ ζυγομάχει μαλακίᾳ , and see Hobart, p. 63. For the verb μαλακίζομαι , as in Gen_42:38 al. , cf. syll 850 .24 (B.C. 173 2) εἰ δὲ μαλακισθείη Σωτήριχος , ὃ μὴ γίνοιτο , πλεῖον διμήνου , ἐπαποδότω τοῦ πλείονος χρόνου Σωτήριχος Ἀμύντᾳ , and Preisigke 158 ἐμαλακίσθη καὶ ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶι ἐβοήθησε αὐθημερή .

μαλακία μα^λα^κία, ἡ, [Etym: μαλακός] "softness, delicacy, effeminacy", Hdt. , Thuc. "want of patience, weakness", Arist. "calmness of the sea", Caesar.

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)