ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΣ, δημιουργος
DĒMIOURGOS, dēmiourgos
Sounds Like: day-mee-oor-GOS
Translations: creator, a creator, maker, a maker, craftsman, a craftsman, architect, a master builder
From the root: ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a creator, maker, or craftsman. It is a compound word formed from 'δῆμος' (demos), meaning 'people' or 'public', and 'ἔργον' (ergon), meaning 'work'. Thus, it literally means 'one who works for the people' or 'one who performs public work'. In a broader sense, it refers to someone who creates or brings something into being, often used in a theological context to refer to God as the Creator of the universe.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1216 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- Hebrews — 11:10
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 8:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 4:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 11:10
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
- ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΝ — creator, maker, artificer, a creator, a maker, an artificer
- 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
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.