Strong G5540χρῆσις
use
- Transliteration
- chrēsis
- Pronunciation
- khray'-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G5530; employment that is (specifically) sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body): - use.
Detailed definition
χρῆσις, -εως, ἡ
(χράομαι), [in LXX: 1Ki.1:28 (שָׁאַל), Sir.18:8, al.;]
use: in a sexual sense, Rom.1:26; with genitive obj., θηλείας, Rom.1:27 (for exx., see Thayer, see word).†
(AS)
(χράομαι), [in LXX: 1Ki.1:28 (שָׁאַל), Sir.18:8, al.;]
use: in a sexual sense, Rom.1:26; with genitive obj., θηλείας, Rom.1:27 (for exx., see Thayer, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5540 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- use2
First verses
- Romans 1:26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
- Romans 1:27And 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χρῆσις, εως, ἡ,
(χράομαι)
Iemployment, use made of a thing, ἀνέμων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 11(10).2; χρημάτων 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 282; οἰκίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Eryxias” 394d, compare “SIG” 987.33 (Chios, 4th c.BC))]; τὴν κατ᾽ ἀξίαν χ. ποιοῦνται ἑκάστῳ (perhaps to be read ἑκάστου) [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 5)]; use, practice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 4)]; in plural, uses, advantages, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.30)]; αἱ ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ χ. the uses of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.7; αἱ πολιτικαὶ χ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1267a23)]; opposed to κτῆσις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 238b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1098b32, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 7.29.1)]; opposed to πώλησις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 3.9.)]
I.2 usefulness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.5)]; opposed to ἀχρηστία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 333d; ἐς χρῆσιν κρατύνεσθαι)]so as to become useful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 27)]; ἔχειν χρῆσιν to be useful, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.8.)]
I.3 intimacy, acquaintance, ἡ οἰκειότης καὶ ἡ χ. [τῆς πόλεως] [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 2.14; ἡ χ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280a36; αἱ οἴκοι χρήσεις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.11; ἡ τῶν ἀφροδισίων χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 841a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 581b13, compare “Pol.” 1262a34 (_plural_), NT.Rom.1.26)]; τὰ ἐν χρήσει familiar objects, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.4.37.)]
I.4 Grammars, usage, of words, ἡ ἐξαλλαγὴ τῆς συνήθους χ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Amm.” 2.3)]; ἀναστρέφων τὰς χ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work]2,compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 119.24, +others; ἡ Πλάτωνος χ. [prev. author] “Pron.” 72.18)]; in concrete sense, example of a word or use, πυκνῶς αἱ χ. παρὰ Αἰολεῦσιν [Refs ([prev. work] 66.3)]; passage cited, falsa lectio for{κρίσει} in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 4.3)]; indicated by the symbol ☧, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Anonymus “Oxy.” 1611.56 (3rd c.AD))]; ☧ Ἀριστοφάνους (referring to [Refs (“Av.” 1181) “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 2.452.)]
II (χράω (B) A), oracular response, ἀπὸ κείνου χρήσιος at his bidding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.76.)]
III (χράω (B) B), lending, loan, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1131a4, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.23.4, 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 106.)]
(χράομαι)
Iemployment, use made of a thing, ἀνέμων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 11(10).2; χρημάτων 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 282; οἰκίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Eryxias” 394d, compare “SIG” 987.33 (Chios, 4th c.BC))]; τὴν κατ᾽ ἀξίαν χ. ποιοῦνται ἑκάστῳ (perhaps to be read ἑκάστου) [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 5)]; use, practice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 4)]; in plural, uses, advantages, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.30)]; αἱ ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ χ. the uses of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.7; αἱ πολιτικαὶ χ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1267a23)]; opposed to κτῆσις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 238b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1098b32, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 7.29.1)]; opposed to πώλησις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 3.9.)]
I.2 usefulness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.5)]; opposed to ἀχρηστία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 333d; ἐς χρῆσιν κρατύνεσθαι)]so as to become useful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 27)]; ἔχειν χρῆσιν to be useful, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.8.)]
I.3 intimacy, acquaintance, ἡ οἰκειότης καὶ ἡ χ. [τῆς πόλεως] [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 2.14; ἡ χ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280a36; αἱ οἴκοι χρήσεις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.11; ἡ τῶν ἀφροδισίων χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 841a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 581b13, compare “Pol.” 1262a34 (_plural_), NT.Rom.1.26)]; τὰ ἐν χρήσει familiar objects, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.4.37.)]
I.4 Grammars, usage, of words, ἡ ἐξαλλαγὴ τῆς συνήθους χ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Amm.” 2.3)]; ἀναστρέφων τὰς χ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work]2,compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 119.24, +others; ἡ Πλάτωνος χ. [prev. author] “Pron.” 72.18)]; in concrete sense, example of a word or use, πυκνῶς αἱ χ. παρὰ Αἰολεῦσιν [Refs ([prev. work] 66.3)]; passage cited, falsa lectio for{κρίσει} in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 4.3)]; indicated by the symbol ☧, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Anonymus “Oxy.” 1611.56 (3rd c.AD))]; ☧ Ἀριστοφάνους (referring to [Refs (“Av.” 1181) “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 2.452.)]
II (χράω (B) A), oracular response, ἀπὸ κείνου χρήσιος at his bidding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.76.)]
III (χράω (B) B), lending, loan, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1131a4, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.23.4, 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 106.)]