Lexical Summary chrēsis: use (as in a sexual sense) Original Word: χρῆσιςTransliteration: chrēsis Phonetic Spelling: (khray'-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: use (as in a sexual sense) Meaning: use (as in a sexual sense) Strong's Concordance use. From chraomai; employment, i.e. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body) -- use. see GREEK chraomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5540: χρῆσιςχρῆσις, 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)). |
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