- Original: μαλακός - Transliteration: Malakos - Phonetic: mal-ak-os' - Definition: 1. soft, soft to the touch 2. metaph. in a bad sense a. effeminate 1. of a catamite 2. of a boy kept for homosexual relations with a man 3. of a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness 4. of a male prostitute - Origin: of uncertain affinity - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: Of uncertain affinity; soft that is fine (clothing); figuratively a catamite: - effeminate soft. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • effeminate, 1 1 Corinthians 6:9