χρῆσις chrēsis · G5540
use
χρῆσις, -εως, ἡ; (χράομαι), [in LXX: 1Ki.1:28 (שָׁאַל), Sir.18:8, al. ; ] ; use: in a sexual sense, Rom.1:26; with genitive obj., θηλείας, Rom.1:27 (for exx., see Thayer, see word).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
χρῆσις, εως, ἡ, ; (χράομαι) ; Iemployment, use made of a thing, ἀνέμων []; τὴν κατ᾽ ἀξίαν χ. ποιοῦνται ἑκάστῳ (perhaps to be read ἑκάστου) []; use, practice, []; in plural, uses, advantages, []; αἱ ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ χ. the uses of war, []; opposed to κτῆσις, []; opposed to πώλησις, []; I.2 usefulness, []; opposed to ἀχρηστία, []so as to become useful, []; ἔχειν χρῆσιν to be useful, []; I.3 intimacy, acquaintance, ἡ οἰκειότης καὶ ἡ χ. [τῆς πόλεως] []; τὰ ἐν χρήσει familiar objects, []; I.4 …
Where it's used 2 times
Source: TBESG G5540; TFLSJ G5540
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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