κτίζω G2936

ktízō

κτίζω: 1 aorist ἔκτισα; perfect passive ἐκτισμαι; 1 aorist passive ἐκτίσθην; the Sept. chiefly for בָּרָא; properly, to make habitable, to people, a place, region, island (Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Diodorus, others); hence to found, a city, colony, state, etc. (Pindar and following; 1Es 4:53). In the Bible, to create: of God creating the world, man, etc., Mar 13:19; 1Co 11:9; Col 1:16 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 272 (255));; Eph 3:9; 1Ti 4:3; Rev 4:11; Rev 10:6 (Deu 4:32; Ecc 12:1; often in O. T. Apocrypha, as Jdt 13:18; Wis 2:23 Wis 11:18; 3Ma 2:9; (Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 1; Philo de decal. § 20)); absolutely, ὁ κτίσας, the creator, Rom 1:25; (Mat 19:4 Tr WH); equivalent to to form, shape, i. e. (for substance) completely to change, to transform (of the moral or new creation of the soul, as it is called), κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπί ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, in intimate fellowship with Christ constituted to do good works (see ἐπί, B. 2 a. ζ.), Eph 2:10; τούς δύο εἰς ἕνα καινόν ἐνθρωπον, ibid. 15; τόν κτισθέντα κατά Θεόν, formed after God's likeness (see κατά, II. 3 c. δ.), Eph 4:24 (καρδίαν καθαράν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, Psa 50:12 ).

κτίσις G2937

ktísis

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

1. the act of creating, creation: τοῦ κόσμου, Rom 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: Rom 1:25; Heb 4:13; any created thing, Rom 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, Gal 6:15; 2Co 5:17.

b. collectively, the sum or aggregate of created things: Rev 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, Jdt 16:14; and without the article (cf. Grimm on 3 Macc., p. 235; (Lightfoot on Col. as below)), πᾶσα κτίσις, Col 1:15; 3Ma 2:2; Jdt 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, Mar 10:6; Mar 13:19; 2Pe 3:4; οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως, not of this order of created things, Heb 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, Mar 16:15; ἐν πάσῃ (Rec. adds τῇ) κτίσει τῇ ὑπό τόν οὐρανοῦ, among men of every race, Col 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, Rom 8:22; where cf. Reiche, Philippi, Meyer, Rükert, others (Arnold in Bapt. Quart. for Apr. 1867, pp. 143-153).

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

κτίσμα G2938

ktísma

κτίσμα, κτισματος, τό (κτίζω); thing founded; created thing; (Vulg.creatura) (A. V. creature): 1Ti 4:4; Rev 5:13; Rev 8:9 (Wis 9:2 Wis 13:5); contextually and metaphorically, κτίσμα Θεοῦ, transformed by divine power to a moral newness of soul, spoken of true Christians as created anew by regeneration (others take it here unrestrictedly), Jas 1:18 (see ἀπαρχή, metaphorically, a.; also κτίζω under the end, κτίσις, 2 a.); τά ἐν ἀρχή κτισματα Θεοῦ, of the Israelites, Sir 36:20 (15). ((Strabo, Dionysius Halicarnassus))

κτίστης G2939

ktístēs

κτίστης (on the accent, cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 h. (cf. 94 (89); especially Chandler §§ 35, 36)), κτιστου, ὁ (κτίζω), a founder; a creator (Aristotle, Plutarch, others): of God, 1Pe 4:19 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 122 (116)); (Jdt 9:12; Sir 24:8; 2Ma 1:24, etc.).