Strong G2936κτίζω
to create
- Transliteration
- ktizō
- Pronunciation
- ktid'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Probably akin to G2932 (through the idea of the proprietorship of the manufacturer); to fabricate that is found (form originally): - create Creator make.
Detailed definition
κτίζω
[in LXX chiefly for בָּרָא, Psa.51:10, al.; also for קָנָה, Gen.14:19, Pro.8:22; יָצַר, Isa.22:11 46:11; Wis.2:23, Sir.1:4, 9 (and freq.), I Est.4:53, a1.;]
1. in cl., to people or found a region or city (1Es, l.with).
2. In LXX and NT, of God, to create: Mrk.13:19, 1Co.11:9, Col.1:16 3:10 Eph.3:9, 1Ti.4:3, Rev.4:11 10:6; ὁ κτίσας, Mat.19:4 (WH, R, mg.), Rom.1:25; of the divine operation on the soul, Eph.2:10, 15 4:24 (cf. Ps., l.with).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בָּרָא, Psa.51:10, al.; also for קָנָה, Gen.14:19, Pro.8:22; יָצַר, Isa.22:11 46:11; Wis.2:23, Sir.1:4, 9 (and freq.), I Est.4:53, a1.;]
1. in cl., to people or found a region or city (1Es, l.with).
2. In LXX and NT, of God, to create: Mrk.13:19, 1Co.11:9, Col.1:16 3:10 Eph.3:9, 1Ti.4:3, Rev.4:11 10:6; ὁ κτίσας, Mat.19:4 (WH, R, mg.), Rom.1:25; of the divine operation on the soul, Eph.2:10, 15 4:24 (cf. Ps., l.with).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2936 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- create10
- be2
- creator1
- make1
First verses
- Mark 13:19For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
- Romans 1:25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 11:9Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
- Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
- Ephesians 2:15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
- Ephesians 3:9And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
- Ephesians 4:24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
- Colossians 1:16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
- Colossians 3:10And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
- 1 Timothy 4:3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
- Revelation 4:11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
- Revelation 10:6And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κτίζω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 23.6, etc.)]: future -ίσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1060)]: aorist ἔκτῐσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.263, etc.; poetry ἔκτισσα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.62, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 289 (Lyric poetry), κτίσσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.216, κτίσα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.89)]: perfect ἔκτῐκα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 1.8, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 7.5, 15.13)]:— middle, poetryaorist ἐκτίσσατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).25, “fragment” 1.4 (ἐκτής- codices))]:— passive, future κτισθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus “Chr.” 5.38, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.56)]: aorist ἐκτίσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.12, etc.)]: perfect ἔκτισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.46, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 45, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 360.9)]:—people a country, build houses and cities in it, κτίσσε δὲ Δαρδανίην Il.[same place]; κ. χώρην, νῆσον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.149, 3.49.)]
2 of a city, found, build, Θήβης ἕδος ἔκτισαν Od.[same place],[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.167, 168, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.4, “PCair.Zen.” 169 (3rd c.BC))]; ἀποικίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 815)]:—passive, to be founded, Σμύρνην τὴν ἀπὸ Κολοφῶνος κτισθεῖσαν founded by emigrants from Colophon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.16, compare 7.153, 8.62)]; μήτε ἄστεα μήτε τείχεα ἐκτισμένα no fixed cities or walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.46; - ομένη πόλις 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.155 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
3 κ. ἄλσος plant a grove, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.89)]; βωμόν set up an altar, [Refs ([prev. author] “O.” 7.42)]; ἑορτάν, ἀγῶνα, found, establish it, [Refs ([prev. work] 6.69, 10(11).25 (_middle_))]; τὸν Κύρνον.. κτίσαι, ἥρων ἐόντα establish his worship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.167; δαῖτάς τινι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 484 (_passive_))]; τάφον τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1101; αἵρεσιν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.77 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; σύνοδον “IG” 22.1343.12 (1st c.BC).)]
4 produce, create, bring into being, γόνῳ τινά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 172 (Lyric poetry))]; bring about, τελευτήν [Refs ([prev. work] 140 (Lyric poetry),compare “Ch.” 441 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ τὴν φιλίην ἐκτικώς [Refs (“Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota”)] [prev. cited]; of painters, δένδρεα.. καὶ ἀνέρας ἠδὲ γυναῖκας Emp.[same place]; ἵπποισι τὸν χαλινὸν κτίσας having invented it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 715 (Lyric poetry).)]
5 make so and so, ἐλεύθερον κ. τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1060; ἔνθεον κτίσας φρένα [prev. author] “Eu.” 17, compare 714; ποτανὰν εἴ σέ τις θεῶν κτίσαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 620 (Lyric poetry), compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 289 (Lyric poetry).)]
6 perpetrate a deed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 898)]. (Cf. Sanskrit kséti 'reside', k[snull]itís (={κτίσις}) 'habitation'.)
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 23.6, etc.)]: future -ίσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1060)]: aorist ἔκτῐσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.263, etc.; poetry ἔκτισσα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.62, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 289 (Lyric poetry), κτίσσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.216, κτίσα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.89)]: perfect ἔκτῐκα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 1.8, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 7.5, 15.13)]:— middle, poetryaorist ἐκτίσσατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).25, “fragment” 1.4 (ἐκτής- codices))]:— passive, future κτισθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus “Chr.” 5.38, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.56)]: aorist ἐκτίσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.12, etc.)]: perfect ἔκτισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.46, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 45, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 360.9)]:—people a country, build houses and cities in it, κτίσσε δὲ Δαρδανίην Il.[same place]; κ. χώρην, νῆσον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.149, 3.49.)]
2 of a city, found, build, Θήβης ἕδος ἔκτισαν Od.[same place],[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.167, 168, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.4, “PCair.Zen.” 169 (3rd c.BC))]; ἀποικίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 815)]:—passive, to be founded, Σμύρνην τὴν ἀπὸ Κολοφῶνος κτισθεῖσαν founded by emigrants from Colophon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.16, compare 7.153, 8.62)]; μήτε ἄστεα μήτε τείχεα ἐκτισμένα no fixed cities or walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.46; - ομένη πόλις 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.155 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
3 κ. ἄλσος plant a grove, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.89)]; βωμόν set up an altar, [Refs ([prev. author] “O.” 7.42)]; ἑορτάν, ἀγῶνα, found, establish it, [Refs ([prev. work] 6.69, 10(11).25 (_middle_))]; τὸν Κύρνον.. κτίσαι, ἥρων ἐόντα establish his worship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.167; δαῖτάς τινι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 484 (_passive_))]; τάφον τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1101; αἵρεσιν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.77 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; σύνοδον “IG” 22.1343.12 (1st c.BC).)]
4 produce, create, bring into being, γόνῳ τινά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 172 (Lyric poetry))]; bring about, τελευτήν [Refs ([prev. work] 140 (Lyric poetry),compare “Ch.” 441 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ τὴν φιλίην ἐκτικώς [Refs (“Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota”)] [prev. cited]; of painters, δένδρεα.. καὶ ἀνέρας ἠδὲ γυναῖκας Emp.[same place]; ἵπποισι τὸν χαλινὸν κτίσας having invented it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 715 (Lyric poetry).)]
5 make so and so, ἐλεύθερον κ. τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1060; ἔνθεον κτίσας φρένα [prev. author] “Eu.” 17, compare 714; ποτανὰν εἴ σέ τις θεῶν κτίσαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 620 (Lyric poetry), compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 289 (Lyric poetry).)]
6 perpetrate a deed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 898)]. (Cf. Sanskrit kséti 'reside', k[snull]itís (={κτίσις}) 'habitation'.)