Chresis denotes use or relations in the paired contrast of natural and contrary-to-nature conduct.

The attested use concerns relations described as natural and then exchanged or left for conduct presented as contrary to nature.

1. Relations described as natural or abandoned · dominant

   In Romans 1:26, the accusative singular feminine form occurs in the statement that women exchanged natural relations for those contrary to nature. In Romans 1:27, the same form occurs where males are said to have left the natural use of the female before the verse describes their conduct toward one another.

   Romans 1:26Romans 1:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses with “natural relations” in Romans 1:26 and “the natural use of the female” in Romans 1:27. These phrases indicate the verse-level presentation rather than a precise term-by-term rendering.