Strong's Lexicon
G5540
G5540 — χρῆσις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5540 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χρῆσις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G5530 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | chresis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khray`-sis |
| Meaning: | 1. employment 2. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body) |
| KJV Renderings: | use |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρῆσις, χρησεως, ἡ (χράομαι), use: of the sexual use of a woman, Rom 1:26 f (παιδικη, Lucian, amor. 25; ὀρεξεις παρά τάς χρησεις, Plutarch, placit. philos. 5, 5; (cf. Isocrates, p. 386 c.; Plato, legg. 8, p. 841 a.; Aristotle, others)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χρῆσις (use)
Romans 1:26
- KJV: For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature
- GK: διά τούτο παρέδωκεν αυτούς ο θεός εις πάθη ατιμίας αι τε γαρ θήλειαι αυτών μετήλλαξαν την φυσικήν χρήσιν εις την παρά φύσιν
Romans 1:27
- KJV: And likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust one toward another men with men working that which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet
- GK: ομοίως τε και οι άρρενες αφέντες την φυσικήν χρήσιν της θηλείας εξεκαύθησαν εν τη ορέξει αυτών εις αλλήλους άρσενες εν άρσεσι την ασχημοσύνην κατεργαζόμενοι και την αντιμισθίαν ην έδει της πλάνης αυτών εν εαυτοίς απολαμβάνοντες