Lexical Definition

‎χρῆσις‎ chrēsis (khray'-sis) use ^G:N-F
from ‎χράομαι‎

use.

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

Abbott-Smith

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.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χρῆσις, εως, ἡ,

(χράομαι)

__Iemployment, 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+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Rom.1.26}