Greek Word Study · Strong’s G5540
χρῆσις
chrēsis · “use”
Used 2 times across 1 book
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).†
(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).†
Where it appears
Romans2
In the text
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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