Job 23:16
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
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Soft
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Luke 7:25
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
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μαλακός
malakós · mal-ak-os'
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
soft, i.e. fine (clothing); figuratively, a catamite
Strong's KJV usage: :--effeminate, soft.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 11:8Strong's last: Luke 7:25
Open full G3120 profile →רַךְ
rak · rak
3 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
Strong's KJV usage: faint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 41:3Strong's last: Proverbs 25:15
Open full H7390 profile →מוּג
mûwg · moog
1 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
Strong's KJV usage: consume, dissolve, (be) faint(-hearted), melt (away), make soft.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 65:10Strong's last: Psalms 65:10
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râkak · raw-kak'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: (be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 23:16Strong's last: Job 23:16
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soft
SOFT, adjective
1. Easily yielding to pressure ; the contrary of hard; as a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth.
2. Not hard; easily separated by an edged instrument; as soft wood. The chestnut is a soft wood, but more durable than hickory, with is a very hard wood. So we say, a soft stone, when it breaks or is hewed with ease.
3. Easily worked; malleable; as soft iron.
4. Not rough, rugged or harsh; smooth to the touch; delicate; as soft silk; soft raiment a soft skin.
5. Delicate; feminine; as the softer sex.
6. Easily yielding to persuasion or motives flexible; susceptible of influence or passion. In both these senses, soft is appiled to females, and sometimes males; as a divine of a soft and servile temper. One king is too soft and easy.
7. Tender; timorous. However soft within themselves they are, to you they will be valiant be despair.
8. Mild; gentle; kind; not severe or unfeeling; as a person of a soft nature.
9. Civil; complaisant; courteous; as a person of soft manners. He has a soft way of asking favors.
10. Placid; still; easy. On her soft axie while whe paces even, she bears thee soft with the smooth air along.
11. Effeminate; viciouly nice. An idle soft course of life is the source of crminal pleasures.
12. Delicate; elegantly tender. Her form more soft and feminine.
13. Weak; impressible. The deceive soon found this soft place of Adam's [Not elegant.]
14. Gentle; smooth or melodious to the ear. not loud, rough or harsh; as a soft voice or note; a soft sound; soft accents; soft whispers.
15. Smooth; flowing; not rough or vehement. The solemn nightingale tun'd her soft lays. soft were my numbers, who could take offense?
16. Easy; quiet; undisturbed; as soft slumbers.
17. Mild to the eye; not strong or glaring; as soft colors; the soft coloring of a picture. The sun shining on the upper part of the clounds, made the softes light imaginable.
18. Mild; warm; pleasant to the feelings; as soft air.
19. Not tinged with an acid; not hard; not astringent; as, soft water is the best for washing.
20. Mild; gentle; not rough, rude or irritating. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Proverbs 15:1.
SOFT, adverb Softly; gently; quietly.
SOFT, exclamation for be soft hold; stoop; not so fast. But, soft my muse, the world is wide.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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