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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 5540. χρῆσις (chrésis) -- Use, usage, employment</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/5540.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/27-14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/5540.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 5540</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/5539.htm" title="5539">◄</a> 5540. chrésis <a href="../greek/5541.htm" title="5541">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">chrésis: Use, usage, employment</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">χρῆσις</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>chrésis<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>KHRAY-sis<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(khray'-sis)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Use, usage, employment<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>use, manner of use.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from χράομαι (chraomai), meaning "to use" or "to make use of."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "chrésis," the concept of use or function can be related to Hebrew words like מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat, Strong's 4941), which can mean judgment or ordinance, often implying the proper use or function according to God's law.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "chrésis" refers to the act of using or the manner in which something is used. It often implies a practical or functional application of an object or concept. The term can also carry ethical connotations, suggesting the proper or improper use of something.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "chrésis" was significant in philosophical discussions about ethics and morality. The proper use of resources, relationships, and even one's own body was a topic of debate among philosophers. In Jewish thought, the use of objects and resources was often tied to the Law, which dictated what was considered clean or unclean, proper or improper.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/5530.htm">chraomai</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>use (as in a sexual sense)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>function (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5540: χρῆσις</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">χρῆσις</span></span>, <span class="greek2">χρησεως</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">χράομαι</span>), <span class="accented">use</span>: of the sexual use of a woman, <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-26.htm">Romans 1:26</a>f (<span class="greek2">παιδικη</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Lucian</span>, amor. 25; <span class="greek2">ὀρεξεις</span> <span class="greek2">παρά</span> <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">χρησεις</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, placit. philos. 5, 5; (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Isocrates</span>, p. 386 c.; <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, legg. 8, p. 841 a.; <span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, others)).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>use. <p>From <a href="/greek/5530.htm">chraomai</a>; employment, i.e. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body) -- use. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5530.htm">chraomai</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>χρησιν χρήσιν χρῆσιν χρησμολογεί chresin chrêsin chrēsin chrē̂sin<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/1-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὴν φυσικὴν <b>χρῆσιν</b> εἰς τὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the natural <span class="itali">function</span> for that which is unnatural,<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the natural <span class="itali">use</span> into<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the natural <span class="itali">use</span> into that<p><b><a href="/text/romans/1-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὴν φυσικὴν <b>χρῆσιν</b> τῆς θηλείας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the natural <span class="itali">function</span> of the woman<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the natural <span class="itali">use</span> of the woman,<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the natural <span class="itali">use</span> of the female<p><b><a href="/greek/5540.htm">Strong's Greek 5540</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5540.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/chre_sin_5540.htm">χρῆσιν — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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