ΚΤΙΣΤΗΣ, κτιστης
KTISTĒS, ktistēs
Sounds Like: KTIS-tays
Translations: Creator, a Creator, Founder, a Founder
From the root: ΚΤΙΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a creator or founder, someone who brings something into existence or establishes it. It is often used in a theological context to refer to God as the Creator of the universe. It can be used in sentences like 'God is the Creator of all things' or 'He was the founder of the city'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2939 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 12:214
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΤΙΣΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΚΤΙΣΤΑ — creator, a creator, founder, a founder
- ΚΤΙΣΤΗ — creator, a creator, founder, a founder
- ΚΤΙΣΤΗΝ — creator, a creator
- ΚΤΙΣΤΟΥ — (of) creator, (of) a creator, (of) founder, (of) a founder
- ΤΟΝΚΤΙΣΤΗΝ — the Creator, a Creator
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