◄ 2937. ktisis ►
Strong's Lexicon ktisis: Creation, creature, institution Original Word: κτίσις Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ktisis Pronunciation: ktee'-sis Phonetic Spelling: (ktis'-is) Definition: Creation, creature, institution Meaning: (often of the founding of a city), (a) abstr: creation, (b) concr: creation, creature, institution; always of Divine work, (c) an institution, ordinance. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2937 ktísis – properly, creation (creature) which is founded from nothing (this is also the sense of this term from Homer on); creation out of nothing (Lat ex nihilo). See 2936 (ktizō) and 2939 /ktístēs ("the Creator") for lengthy discussion on "creation-facts." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from ktizó Definition creation (the act or the product) NASB Translation created thing (1), creation (14), creature (3), institution (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2937: κτίσις κτίσις, κτίσεως, ἡ (κτίζω), in Greek writings the act of founding, establishing, building, etc.; in the N. T. (Vulg. everywherecreatura (yet Hebrews 9:11 creatio)) 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.)) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance creation, creature From ktizo; original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively) -- building, creation, creature, ordinance. see GREEK ktizo Forms and Transliterations κτισει κτίσει κτισεως κτίσεως κτίσεώς κτισις κτίσις ktisei ktísei ktiseos ktiseōs ktíseos ktíseōs ktisis ktísis Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Mark 10:6 N-GFS GRK: δὲ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἄρσεν καὶ NAS: But from the beginning of creation, [God] MADE KJV: the beginning of the creation God INT: however [the] beginning of creation male and Mark 13:19 N-GFS GRK: ἀπ' ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἣν ἔκτισεν NAS: the beginning of the creation which KJV: the beginning of the creation which INT: from [the] beginning of creation which created Mark 16:15 N-DFS GRK: πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει NAS: the gospel to all creation. KJV: the gospel to every creature. INT: to all the creation Romans 1:20 N-GFS GRK: αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ κτίσεως κόσμου τοῖς NAS: For since the creation of the world KJV: from the creation of the world INT: of him from [the] creation of [the] world by the Romans 1:25 N-DFS GRK: ἐλάτρευσαν τῇ κτίσει παρὰ τὸν NAS: and served the creature rather than KJV: served the creature more than INT: served the created thing beyond the [one] Romans 8:19 N-GFS GRK: ἀποκαραδοκία τῆς κτίσεως τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν NAS: For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly KJV: the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth INT: earnest expectation of the creation the revelation Romans 8:20 N-NFS GRK: ματαιότητι ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη οὐχ NAS: For the creation was subjected KJV: For the creature was made subject INT: futility the creation was subjected not Romans 8:21 N-NFS GRK: αὐτὴ ἡ κτίσις ἐλευθερωθήσεται ἀπὸ NAS: that the creation itself also KJV: Because the creature itself also INT: itself the creation will be freed from Romans 8:22 N-NFS GRK: πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις συστενάζει καὶ NAS: that the whole creation groans KJV: that the whole creation groaneth and INT: all the creation groans together and Romans 8:39 N-NFS GRK: οὔτε τις κτίσις ἑτέρα δυνήσεται NAS: other created thing, will be able KJV: other creature, shall be able INT: nor any created thing other will be able 2 Corinthians 5:17 N-NFS GRK: Χριστῷ καινὴ κτίσις τὰ ἀρχαῖα NAS: [he is] a new creature; the old things KJV: [he is] a new creature: old things INT: Christ [he is] a new creation the old things Galatians 6:15 N-NFS GRK: ἀλλὰ καινὴ κτίσις NAS: uncircumcision, but a new creation. KJV: but a new creature. INT: but a new creation Colossians 1:15 N-GFS GRK: πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως NAS: the firstborn of all creation. KJV: the firstborn of every creature: INT: [the] firstborn of all creation Colossians 1:23 N-DFS GRK: ἐν πάσῃ κτίσει τῇ ὑπὸ NAS: in all creation under KJV: every creature which is under INT: in all creation under Hebrews 4:13 N-NFS GRK: οὐκ ἔστιν κτίσις ἀφανὴς ἐνώπιον NAS: And there is no creature hidden KJV: is there any creature that is not manifest INT: not there is a created thing hidden before Hebrews 9:11 N-GFS GRK: ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως NAS: that is to say, not of this creation; KJV: not of this building; INT: of this creation 1 Peter 2:13 N-DFS GRK: πάσῃ ἀνθρωπίνῃ κτίσει διὰ τὸν NAS: human institution, whether KJV: to every ordinance of man INT: to every human institution for the sake of the 2 Peter 3:4 N-GFS GRK: ἀπ' ἀρχῆς κτίσεως NAS: as it was from the beginning of creation. KJV: the beginning of the creation. INT: from [the] beginning of [the] creation Revelation 3:14 N-GFS GRK: ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ θεοῦ NAS: the Beginning of the creation of God, KJV: the beginning of the creation of God; INT: beginning of the creation of God Strong's Greek 2937 19 Occurrences κτίσει — 4 Occ. κτίσεως — 8 Occ. κτίσις — 7 Occ.