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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2937 - κτίσις

Transliteration

ktísis

Phonetics

ktis'-is

Origin

from (G2936)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

3:1000,481

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

the act of founding, establishing, building etc
1. the act of creating, creation
2. creation i.e. thing created
  1. of individual things, beings, a creature, a creation 1b
3. anything created 1b
4. after a rabbinical usage (by which a man converted from idolatry to Judaism was called) 1b
5. the sum or aggregate of things created
6. institution, ordinance

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1952 ‑ הוֹן (hone); 7075 ‑ קִנְיָן (kin‑yawn');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (19)

Mark 3

Romans 7

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Colossians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 1

BSB (19)

Mark 3

Romans 7

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Colossians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 1

CSB (18)

Mark 3

Romans 7

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Colossians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 1

ESV (18)

Mark 3

Romans 7

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Colossians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 1

KJV (19)

Mark 3

Romans 7

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Colossians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (20)

Mark 3

Romans 8

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Colossians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 1

N95 (20)

Mark 3

Romans 8

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Colossians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 1

NAS (20)

Mark 3

Romans 8

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Colossians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 1

NLT (18)

Mark 6

Romans 7

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 2

Colossians 1

Hebrews 3

1 Peter 2

2 Peter 2

Revelation 2

WEB (19)

Mark 3

Romans 7

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Colossians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 1

YLT (19)

Mark 3

Romans 7

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Colossians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 1

ASV (19)

creation 5

creature 4

of the creation 5

ordinance 1

the creation 3

the creature 1

BSB (19)

creation 9

creature 3

in all creation 2

institution 1

of creation 2

of god''s creation 1

the creation 1

CSB (18)

authority 1

created 1

created thing 1

creation 9

creature 1

the creation 4

the world 1

ESV (18)

creation 16

creature 2

KJV (19)

building 1

creation 6

creature 11

ordinance 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (20)

created 1

creation 15

creature 2

institution 1

thing 1

N95 (20)

created 1

creation 14

creature 3

institution 1

thing 1

NAS (20)

created 1

creation 15

creature 2

institution 1

thing 1

NLT (18)

authority 2

created 2

creation 9

everyone 1

person 1

world 3

WEB (19)

created 1

creation 8

creature 1

of the creation 3

ordinance 1

the creation 4

the creature 1

YLT (19)

a created thing 1

created thing 1

creation 10

creature 2

of the creation 3

the creation 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

ANT

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

BEZ

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

BGB

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

BMT

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

BYZ

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

ELZ

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

NA26

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

SBL

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

SCV

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

STV

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

TIS

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 7

TRG

N-DSF 4

N-GSF 7

N-NSF 7

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κτιìσις

κτίσ-ις [ ῐ], εως, ἡ, (κτίζω)

1. founding, settling, Th. 6.5; ἀποικιῶν Isoc. 12.190, cf. Plb. 9.1.4 (pl.), etc.

2. loosely, = πρᾶξις, κούφα κ. an easy achievement, Pi. O. 13.83.

3. creation, κ. κόσμου Romans 1:20; ἀπ' ἀρχῆς κτίσεως Mark 10:6, Mark 13:19, etc.

II created thing, creature, LXX Ju. 9.12, Mark 16:15, Romans 8:19, etc.: in pl., LXX To. 8.5.

III authority created or ordained, 1 Peter 2:13.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κτίσις, κτίσεως, ἡ (κτίζω), in Greek writings the act of founding, establishing, building, etc.; in the N. T. (Vulg. everywherecreatura (yet Hebrews 9:11creatio))

1. the act of creating, creation: τοῦ κόσμου, Romans 1:20.

2. equivalent to κτίσμα, creation i. e. thing created (cf. Winers Grammar, 32); used a. of individual things and beings, a creature, a creation: Romans 1:25; Hebrews 4:13; any created thing, Romans 8:39; after a rabbinical usage (by which a man converted from idolatry to Judaism was called חֲדָשָׁה בִּרִיָה (cf. Schöttgen, Horae Hebr 1:328, 704f)), καινή κτίσις is used of a man regenerated through Christ, Galatians 6:15; 2 Corinthians 5:17.

b. collectively, the sum or aggregate of created things: Revelation 3:14 (on which see ἀρχή, 3; (ἡ κτίσις τῶν ἀνθρώπων, Teaching of the Twelve etc.

c. 16 [ET])); ὅλῃ ἡ κτίσις, Wis. 19:6; πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις, Judith 16:14; and without the article (cf. Grimm on 3 Macc. (), p. 235; (Lightfoot on Col. as below)), πᾶσα κτίσις, Colossians 1:15; 3Macc. 2:2; Judith 9:12; σωτήρ πάσης κτίσεως, Acta Thomae, p. 19 edition Thilo (sec. 10, p. 198, Tdf. edition) (see πᾶς, I. 1 c.); ἀπ' ἀρχῆς κτίσεως, Mark 10:6; Mark 13:19; 2 Peter 3:4; οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως, not of this order of created things, Hebrews 9:11; accusative to the demands of the context, of some particular kind or class of created things or beings: thus of the human race, πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει, Mark 16:15; ἐν πάσῃ (Rec. adds τῇ) κτίσει τῇ ὑπό τόν οὐρανοῦ, among men of every race, Colossians 1:23; the aggregate of irrational creatures, both animate and inanimate (what we call nature), Romans 8:19-2. (Wis. 5:17 (); ); πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις, Romans 8:22; where cf. Reiche, Philippi, Meyer, Rükert, others (Arnold in Bapt. Quart. for Apr. 1867, pp. 143-153).

3. an institution, ordinance: 1 Peter 2:13; cf. Huther at the passage ((Pindar, others.))

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κτίσις , -εως , ἡ

(< κτίζω ),

[in LXX: Psalms 104:24 (H7075), Proverbs 1:13 A (H1952), Tobit 8:5, Wisdom of Solomon 2:6, Sirach 16:17, 3 Maccabees 2:2, al.;]

1. a founding, settling, foundation (cl.).

2. In LXX and NT,

(a) the act of creating, creation: Mark 10:6 (Swete, in l), Mark 13:19, Romans 1:20, 2 Peter 3:4;

(b) that which has been created, creation: Romans 1:25; Romans 8:39, Hebrews 4:13; καινὴ κ ., 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15; πάσῃ ἀνθρωπίνῃ κ . (Hort., in l), 1 Peter 2:13; collectively, of the sum of created things (Wisdom of Solomon 19:6, Judith 16:14), Mark 16:15, Colossians 1:15; Colossians 1:23 Hebrews 9:11, Revelation 3:14; of the irrational creation, Romans 8:19-22.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Syll 608.4 (i/B.C.) τοὺς γεγ [ενημένους ] ἀπὸ τῆς κτίσεως κατὰ γένος ἱερεῖς τοῦ Πο [σειδῶ ]νος, ib. 391.2 (A.D. 133) ἔτους γ ̄ τῆς καθιερώσεως τοῦδε τοῦ Ὀλυμπίου καὶ τῆς κτῖσεος τοῦ Πανελληνίου. In connexion with the NT usage for the Creation (Mark 10:6 al.), Hicks (CR i. p. 7) draws attention to κτίσις as the regular term for the founding of a city, e.g. Polyb. ix. 1. 4.

List of Word Forms

κτισει κτίσει κτισεως κτίσεως κτίσεώς κτισις κτίσις ktisei ktísei ktiseos ktiseōs ktíseos ktíseōs ktisis ktísis