# G5540 χρῆσις

χρῆσις (chrēsis), Strong’s G5540: employment, i.e. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body) KJV: use. Occurs 7 times.

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*chrēsis* — employment, i.e. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body)

KJV: use

Derived from [χράομαι chráomai](https://besorah.bible/word/G5530) (to furnish what is needed)

Occurs 7 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Romans 1:26](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/1?v=26) — For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is…
- [Romans 1:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/1?v=27) — Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing…
- [Judith 12:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/12?v=10) — It came to pass on the fourth day, that Holofernes made a feast for his own servants only, and called none of the…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 15:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/15?v=7) — For a potter, kneading soft earth, laboriously molds each article for our service. He fashions out of the same clay…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 15:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/15?v=15) — because they even considered all the idols of the nations to be gods, which have neither the use of eyes for seeing…
- [Sirach 18:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/18?v=7) —