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Lexicon :: Strong's G2937 - ktisis

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κτίσις
Transliteration
ktisis (Key)
Pronunciation
ktis'-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
19x in 3 unique form(s) TR
19x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:1000,481

Strong’s Definitions

κτίσις ktísis, ktis'-is; from G2936; original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively):—building, creation, creature, ordinance.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G2937 in the following manner: creature (11x), creation (6x), building (1x), ordinance (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G2937 in the following manner: creature (11x), creation (6x), building (1x), ordinance (1x).

  1. 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

        1. anything created

        2. after a rabbinical usage (by which a man converted from idolatry to Judaism was called)

        3. the sum or aggregate of things created

    3. institution, ordinance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κτίσις ktísis, ktis'-is; from G2936; original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively):—building, creation, creature, ordinance.
STRONGS G2937:
κτίσις, κτίσεως, ἡ (κτίζω), in Greek writings the act of founding, establishing, building, etc.; in the N. T. (Vulg. everywhere creatura (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. (3 Macc 2:2), 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 (Wisdom 5:18); Wisdom 16:24); 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.))
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
10:6; 13:19; 16:15
Romans
1:20; 1:25; 8:22; 8:39
2 Corinthians
5:17
Galatians
6:15
Colossians
1:15; 1:23; 3
Hebrews
4:13; 9:11; 9:11
1 Peter
2:13
2 Peter
3:4
Revelation
3:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2937 matches the Greek κτίσις (ktisis),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:6 - But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:19 - For those days shall be tribulation, such as there hath not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:15 - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:20 - For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:25 - for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:19 - For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:20 - For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:21 - that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:22 - For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:39 - nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:17 - Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:15 - who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:23 - if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:13 - And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:11 - But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:13 - Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 - and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:14 - And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
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