2001 Translation

KTISEŌS, ktiseōs

Sounds Like: KTEE-seh-ohss

Translations: of creation, of a creature, of an institution, of an ordinance

From the root: ΚΤΙΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of creating, the result of creation (a created thing or creature), or an established institution or ordinance. It is often used in a theological context to refer to God's act of bringing the world into existence or the created world itself. It can also refer to human institutions or ordinances.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2937 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 15:9

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 15:3

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 59:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 9:12
• Psalms — 103:24, 104:21
• Mark — 10:6, 13:19
• Romans — 1:20, 8:19
• Colossians — 1:15
• Hebrews — 9:11
• 2 Peter — 3:4
• Epistle of Barnabas — 15:3
• Shepherd of Hermas — 12:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 18:121, 18:126, 18:127, 2:18
• Book Two — 2:18

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 9:48
• Book Six — 4:50, 8:35, 10:3, 10:7

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 85:2, 138:2

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 14:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Judith — 9:12
• 3 Maccabees — 2:2, 2:7
• Psalms — 73:18, 103:24
• Psalms of Solomon — 8:7
• Enoch — 15:9

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 12:2, 23:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 4:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Mark — 10:6, 13:19
• Romans — 1:20, 8:19
• Colossians — 1:15
• Hebrews — 9:11
• 2 Peter — 3:4
• Revelation — 3:14

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΤΙΣΙΣ.

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.

• ΚΤΙΣΕΙ — to creation, to a creation, to the act of creating, to the founding, to the institution, to the ordinance
• ΚΤΙΣΕΙΣ — creation, a creation, creature, institution, ordinance
• ΚΤΙΣΕΣΙΝ — (to) creations, (to) foundations, (to) foundings
• ΚΤΙΣΗΕΙΣ — creation, a creation, creature, a creature, institution, an institution, ordinance, an ordinance
• ΚΤΙΣΗΝ — creation, creature, an institution, an ordinance, a created thing
• ΚΤΙΣΙ — (to) creation, (to) a creation, (to) creature, (to) a creature, creation, a creation, creature, a creature
• ΚΤΙΣΙΝ — creation, a creation, creature, institution, ordinance, foundation
• ΚΤΙΣΙΣ — creation, a creation, creature, a creature, ordinance, foundation
• ΤΗΣΚΤΙΣΕΩΣ — of the creation, of creation, of a creation

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