Malakía — G3119

Definition

feminine noun

softness, i.e. enervation (debility)

1. properly, softness
2. in the N. T. (like ἀσθένεια, ἀρρωστία) infirmity, debility, bodily weakness, sickness

Usually translated as

disease

Origin

from G3120

• malakós (G3120)

Occurrences

Malakía occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (3)

• Matthew 4:23 — And 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 (μαλακίαν) among the people.
• Matthew 9:35 — And 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 (μαλακίαν) among the people.
• Matthew 10:1 — And 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 (μαλακίαν).