Original Word: χρῆσις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: chrésis
Pronunciation: KHRAY-sis
Phonetic Spelling: (khray'-sis)
KJV: use
NASB: function
Word Origin: [from G5530 (χράομαι - use)]

1. employment
2. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body)

use.

From chraomai; employment, i.e. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body) -- use.

see GREEK chraomai

Word Origin
from chraomai
Definition
use (as in a sexual sense)
NASB Translation
function (2).

STRONGS NT 5540: χρῆσις

χρῆσις, χρησεως, ἡ (χράομαι), use: of the sexual use of a woman, Romans 1:26f (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)).

Forms and Transliterations

χρησιν χρήσιν χρῆσιν χρησμολογεί chresin chrêsin chrēsin chrē̂sin

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