ΜΑΛΑΚΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ, μαλακισθηναι
MALAKISTHĒNAI, malakisthēnai
Sounds Like: mah-lah-kees-THEE-nai
Translations: to become soft, to become weak, to be effeminate, to be cowardly, to be faint-hearted
From the root: ΜΑΛΑΚΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist passive infinitive of the verb 'malakizō'. It describes the action of becoming soft, weak, or losing one's resolve. It can imply a physical softening or, more commonly, a moral or psychological weakening, leading to cowardice or effeminacy. It is often used to describe a lack of courage or manliness in the face of adversity.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3129 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 14:347
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 7:21
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 42:38
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΛΑΚΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΜΑΛΑΚΙΖΕΤΟ — he was becoming soft, he was becoming weak, he was becoming effeminate, he was becoming sick, he was becoming ill
- ἘΜΑΛΑΚΙΣΘΗ — was made weak, became weak, was sick, became sick, was softened
- ἘΜΑΛΑΚΙΣΘΗΝ — I was made weak, I became weak, I was enfeebled, I was made effeminate
- ΕΜΑΛΑΚΙΣΘΗ — he was made weak, he was made effeminate, he was made soft, he was weakened, he was enervated
- ΜΑΛΑΚΙΖΩ — to be soft, to be effeminate, to be weak, to be sick, to be ill
- ΜΑΛΑΚΙΣΘΕΝΤΑΣ — having become weak, having been made weak, having been enfeebled
- ΜΑΛΑΚΙΣΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been made soft, having become weak, having been effeminate, having been made cowardly, having been made irresolute
- ΜΑΛΑΚΙΣΘΕΝΤΩΝ — having been weakened, having been made effeminate, having become soft, having become cowardly
- ΜΑΛΑΚΙΣΘΗΤΙ — be sick, become weak, be ill, feign illness
- ΜΑΛΑΚΟΜΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to become soft, to become effeminate, to be weakened, to be enervated
- ΜΕΜΑΛΑΚΕΙΣΤΑΙ — has been made soft, has become soft, has been weakened, has become effeminate
- ΜΕΜΑΛΑΚΕΙΣΤΕ — you have become soft, you have become effeminate, you have become weak, you have become morally corrupt
- ΜΕΜΑΛΑΚΙΣΤΑΙ — has been weakened, has been made soft, has been made effeminate, has been made sick
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