STRONGS G2936:
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; 1 Esdr. 4:53). In the Bible,
to create: of God creating the world, man, etc.,
Mark 13:19;
1 Corinthians 11:9;
Colossians 1:16 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 272 (255));
Colossians 3:10;
Ephesians 3:9;
1 Timothy 4:3;
Revelation 4:11;
Revelation 10:6 (
Deuteronomy 4:32;
Ecclesiastes 12:1; often in O. T. Apocrypha, as Judith 13:18; Wis. 2:23 Wis. 11:18 (Wisdom 11:17); 3Macc. 2:9; (
Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 1;
Philo de decal. § 20)); absolutely,
ὁ κτίσας, the creator,
Romans 1:25; (
Matthew 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.),
Ephesians 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.),
Ephesians 4:24 (
καρδίαν καθαράν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί,
Psalm 50:12 (
Ps. 51:12)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Deuteronomy
-
4:32
- Psalms
-
50:12; 51:12
- Ecclesiastes
-
12:1
- Matthew
-
19:4
- Mark
-
13:19
- Romans
-
1:25
- 1 Corinthians
-
11:9
- Ephesians
-
2:10; 3:9; 4:24
- Colossians
-
1:16; 3:10
- 1 Timothy
-
4:3
- Revelation
-
4:11; 10:6