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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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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.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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

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Strong's Number G2937 matches the Greek κτίσις (ktisis),
which occurs 0 times in 0 verses in the LXX Greek.

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