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Effeminate

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: μαλακός

(Strong's #3120 — Adjective — malakos — mal-ak-os' )

"soft, soft to the touch" (Lat., mollis, Eng., "mollify," "emollient," etc.), is used (a) of raiment, Matthew 11:8 (twice); Luke 7:25; (b) metaphorically, in a bad sense, 1 Corinthians 6:9 , "effeminate," not simply of a male who practices forms of lewdness, but persons in general, who are guilty of addiction to sins of the flesh, voluptuous.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Effeminate'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​e/effeminate.html. 1940.