Quick Definition
χρῆσις, εως, ἡ n.f. usage, use
Strong's Definition
from 5530; employment, i.e. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body)
KJV Usage: use
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | χράομαι
23.65 · Physiological Processes and States · Sexual Relations
sexual function, sexual use the sexual function or use of the same or opposite sex It is often possible to refer to ‘natural sexual function’ as ‘sexual relations with the opposite sex’ or ‘men having sexual relations with women.’ ‘That which is contrary to nature’ may be expressed often as ‘men having sexual relations with men’ and ‘women having sexual relations with women.’ In many societies homosexuality is almost unknown, but there are always ways of speaking about such relations in a euphemistic manner.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρῆσις, -ews, 7, (χράομαι), use: of the sexual use of a woman, Ro. i. 26 sq. (παιδική, Leian. amor. 25; ὀρέξεις mapa tas χρήσεις, Plut. placit. philos. 5, 5; [ef. Isocr. p- 386 c.; Plat. legg. 8 p. 841 a.; Aristot., al.]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χρῆσις chrēsis 2x
use, employment; manner of using, Rom. 1:26, 27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χρῆσις, -εως, ἡ
(< χράομαι), [in LXX: I Ki 1:28 (שׁאל), Si 18:8, al. ;]
use: in a sexual sense, Ro 1:26; c. gen. obj., θηλείας, ib. 27 (for exx., v. Thayer, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χρῆσις, “use,” is found in the NT only in a sexual sense, Rom 176, For amore general meaning, cf. P Cairo Zen III. 59349? (B.c. 244) wine εἰς χρῆσιν, ‘for use,” i.e. for present consumption, P Oxy I. 105° (a Will—a.p. 117-137) ἐπὶ τῷ αὐτὴν ἔχειν ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῆς χρόνον τὴν χρῆσιν. .. τῆς αὐτῆς οἰκίας, ‘‘ with the condition that she shall have for her lifetime the right of using the said house ” (Edd.). This prepares us for the meaning ‘‘ loan,” as in BGU IV. 1065! (a.D. 97) τῆς συμπεφωνημίένης) χρήσεως ἀργυρίου, P Tebt 11. 388! (a.p. 98) διὰ χειρὸς ἐξ οἴκου χρῆσιν πυροῦ véov . . ., “from hand to hand out of the house a loan of new wheat,” P Flor I. 4414 (a.p. 158) χρῆσιν κεφαλ[α]ίου ἀργυρί]ου δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι -, and P Oxy VIII. 11308 (A.D. 484) ἐν χρήσει, ‘as a loan.”” See also PSI VIII. 9291) 39 (a.p. 111).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χρῆσις (chrēsis) — use. χρῆσις, εως, ἡ, (χράομαι)
I. employment, use made of a thing, ἀνέμων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν κατ᾽ ἀξίαν χ. ποιοῦνται ἑκάστῳ (perhaps to be read ἑκάστου) [Refs 4th c.AD+]; use, practice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in plural, uses, advantages, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ χ. the uses of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to κτῆσις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πώλησις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. usefulness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀχρηστία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]so as to become useful, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχειν χρῆσιν to be useful, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3. intimacy, acquaintance, ἡ οἰκειότης καὶ ἡ χ. [τῆς πόλεως] [NT+5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐν χρήσει familiar objects, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
I.4. Grammars, usage, of words, ἡ ἐξαλλαγὴ τῆς συνήθους χ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἀναστρέφων τὰς χ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in concrete sense, example of a word or use, πυκνῶς αἱ χ. παρὰ Αἰολεῦσιν [Refs]; passage cited, falsa lectio for{κρίσει} in [Refs 1st c.BC+]; indicated by the symbol ☧, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ☧ Ἀριστοφάνους (referring to [Refs]
II. (χράω (B) A), oracular response, ἀπὸ κείνου χρήσιος at his bidding, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. (χράω (B) B), lending, loan, [Refs 4th c.BC+]