κτίσις ktisis

Greek word for “creation” · Strong’s G2937 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

κτίσις, -εως, ἡ; (κτίζω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for ktisis in context, with how often each is used:

• creation 15
• created thing 2
• creature 1
• institution 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 8 (5), Romans 1 (2), Colossians 1 (2), Mark 10 (1), Mark 13 (1), Mark 16 (1), 2 Corinthians 5 (1), Galatians 6 (1), Hebrews 4 (1), Hebrews 9 (1)

Forms

• κτίσεως 8
• κτίσις 7
• κτίσει 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ktisis more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀρχή archē “beginning” 4
• ἀόρατος aoratos “invisible” 2
• κτίζω ktizō “to create” 2
• ὑποτάσσω hupotassō “to subject” 2
• καινός kainos “new” 2
• οὔτε oute “neither” 2
• ἐλπίς elpis “hope” 2
• κηρύσσω kērussō “to preach” 2
• εὐαγγέλιον euangelion “gospel” 2
• ἀμήν amēn “amen” 2
• νῦν nun “now” 2
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 2

Key verses

The verses using ktisis that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Mark 16:15 — And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Romans 1:20 — For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and…
• Romans 8:39 — Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17 — Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
• Galatians 6:15 — For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
• Colossians 1:15 — Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
• Colossians 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every…
• Hebrews 4:13 — Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Hebrews 9:11 — But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this…
• 1 Peter 2:13 — Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
• 2 Peter 3:4 — And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
• Revelation 3:14 — And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.