STRONGS G1217:
δημιουργός,
-οῦ,
ὁ, (
δήμιος, public, belonging to the people, and
ΕΡΓΩ; cf.
ἱερουργός,
ἀμπελουργός, etc.), often in Greek writings from Homer down;
a. properly,
a workman for the public.
b. universally,
the author of any work, an artisan, framer, builder:
τεχνίτης κ.
δημιουργός,
Hebrews 11:10; (Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 7 [cf. 9]
σοφοῦ τινος δημιουργοῦ τέχνημα. God is called
ὁ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ δημιουργός in Plato, rep. 7, p. 530 a.;
ὁ δημ.
τῶν ὅλων in Josephus, Antiquities 1, 7, 1, and often in ecclesiastical writings from Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 20, 11; 26, 1; 33, 2 on; [cf. Philo, de mut. nom. § 4; de opif. mund. Mϋller edition, p. 133;
Piper, Einl. in monument. Theol. § 26;
Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word]. In the Scriptures, besides, only in 2 Macc. 4:1
κακῶν δημ.). [Cf. Trench, § cv.]
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