ΚΤΙΣΙΣ, κτισις
KTISIS, ktisis
Sounds Like: KTEE-sees
Translations: creation, a creation, creature, a creature, ordinance, foundation
From the root: ΚΤΙΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a noun that refers to the act of creating or the result of that act, meaning 'creation' or 'creature'. It can also refer to an established order or institution, an 'ordinance' or 'foundation'. It is used to describe the entire created universe or individual created beings.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2937 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:14
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 34:6
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 16:14
- Tobit — 8:5
- Wisdom — 16:24, 19:6
- Romans — 8:20, 8:21, 8:22, 8:39
- 2 Corinthians — 5:17
- Galatians — 6:15
- Hebrews — 4:13
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 7 — 1:5
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 16:5
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
- ΚΤΙΣΕΩΣ — of creation, of a creature, of an institution, of an ordinance
- 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
- ΤΗΣΚΤΙΣΕΩΣ — of the creation, of creation, of a creation
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