ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΝ, δημιουργον
DĒMIOURGON, dēmiourgon
Sounds Like: day-mee-oor-GON
Translations: creator, maker, artificer, a creator, a maker, an artificer
From the root: ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a creator, maker, or artificer. It is often used in philosophical and theological contexts to describe the one who creates or fashions something, particularly the universe or the world. It is a compound word derived from 'δῆμος' (people) and 'ἔργον' (work), literally meaning 'one who works for the people' or 'public worker', but evolving to mean 'craftsman' or 'creator'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1216 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 7:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΕ — O Creator, O Maker, O Craftsman
- ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΗΜΑ — creation, a creation, work, a work, thing made
- ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΑ — creation, a creation, work, making
- ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΙ — creator, maker, craftsman, artisan, architect, a creator, a maker, a craftsman, an artisan, an architect
- ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΣ — creator, a creator, maker, a maker, craftsman, a craftsman, architect, a master builder
- ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΥ — of a creator, of a craftsman, of a maker, of an artisan, of a master-builder
- ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΩΝ — of a craftsman, of a builder, of a creator, of a maker, of an artisan, of a master-builder, creating, making, building
- ΟΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΣ — Creator, a Creator, Maker, an Artificer
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