noun · feminine
chrēsias
Greekχρῆσις (chrēsis)
Strong’sG5540
usage, use
stem chrēsi-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
χρῆσις, -εως, ἡ
(< χράομαι), [in LXX: I Ki 1:28 (שׁאל), Si 18:8, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5540 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhray'-sis
employment, i.e. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body)
Fromfrom G5530;
King Jamesuse.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | chrēsias | chrēsiais |
| object accusative | chrēsian2×χρῆσιν | chrēsiain |
| direct address vocative | chrēsiar | chrēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | chrēsiau | chrēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | chrēsia | chrēsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
chrēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
chrēsian“relations”objectaccusative singular2×
Romans 1:26“relations”Dia houtem paradōata autoin tos theos eis patheim atimiau; tais tē gar thēluais autoiu metallassala tan fusikan chrēsian eis tan para fusian,For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
Romans 1:27“relations”homoiōs tē kai tois arsēnois afiēkaratois tan fusikan chrēsian tau thēluau ekkaiila en ta orexia autoiu eis allēloin, arsēnois en arsēnoi tan aschēmosunan katergazerōtois kai tan antimisthian han date tau planau autoiu en heautoi apolambarōtois.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.