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GreekG5540Noun (Feminine)

χρῆσις

chrēsis

2Occurrences
G5540Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

employment, i.e. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body)

from G5530 (χράομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
use: in a sexual sense., see Thayer, ).
LXX: (שָׁאַל)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

χρῆσις appears 2 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Romans
2

Key Passages

Romans 1:26BSB

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

Romans 1:27BSB

Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.