What did the Bible writers reference when they used the words translated as “homosexuality”? (No such word existed when it was written, so this is a crucial question to ask and seek to answer well).

Yes, it is. It is actually at the very heart of the matter. There were two terms, depending upon the ‘action’ (so to speak), referring to who was doing the (purported) defiling and who was (purportedly) defiled. Though not specifically written in the Bible, the terms were ‘sodomite’ and ‘catamite.’ For more, if you care to, see

Christian opposition to homosexuality is more pernicious than you think.