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Lexicon :: Strong's G2936 - ktizō

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κτίζω
Transliteration
ktizō (Key)
Pronunciation
ktid'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably akin to κτάομαι (G2932) (through the idea of proprietor-ship of the manufacturer)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:1000,481

Strong’s Definitions

κτίζω ktízō, ktid'-zo; probably akin to G2932 (through the idea of proprietorship of the manufacturer); to fabricate, i.e. found (form originally):—create, Creator, make.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G2936 in the following manner: create (12x), Creator (1x), make (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G2936 in the following manner: create (12x), Creator (1x), make (1x).

  1. to make habitable, to people, a place, region, island

    1. to found a city, colony, state

  2. to create

    1. of God creating the worlds

    2. to form, shape, i.e. to completely change or transform

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κτίζω ktízō, ktid'-zo; probably akin to G2932 (through the idea of proprietorship of the manufacturer); to fabricate, i.e. found (form originally):—create, Creator, make.
STRONGS G2936:
κτίζω: 1 aorist ἔκτισα; perfect passive ἐκτισμαι; 1 aorist passive ἐκτίσθην; the Sept. chiefly for בָּרָא; properly, to make habitable, to people, a place, region, island (Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Diodorus, others); hence to found, a city, colony, state, etc. (Pindar and following; 1 Esdr. 4:53). In the Bible, to create: of God creating the world, man, etc., Mark 13:19; 1 Corinthians 11:9; Colossians 1:16 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 272 (255)); Colossians 3:10; Ephesians 3:9; 1 Timothy 4:3; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 10:6 (Deuteronomy 4:32; Ecclesiastes 12:1; often in O. T. Apocrypha, as Judith 13:18; Wis. 2:23 Wis. 11:18 (Wisdom 11:17); 3Macc. 2:9; (Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 1; Philo de decal. § 20)); absolutely, ὁ κτίσας, the creator, Romans 1:25; (Matthew 19:4 Tr WH); equivalent to to form, shape, i. e. (for substance) completely to change, to transform (of the moral or new creation of the soul, as it is called), κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπί ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, in intimate fellowship with Christ constituted to do good works (see ἐπί, B. 2 a. ζ.), Ephesians 2:10; τούς δύο εἰς ἕνα καινόν ἐνθρωπον, ibid. 15; τόν κτισθέντα κατά Θεόν, formed after God's likeness (see κατά, II. 3 c. δ.), Ephesians 4:24 (καρδίαν καθαράν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, Psalm 50:12 (Ps. 51:12)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
4:32
Psalms
50:12; 51:12
Ecclesiastes
12:1
Matthew
19:4
Mark
13:19
Romans
1:25
1 Corinthians
11:9
Ephesians
2:10; 3:9; 4:24
Colossians
1:16; 3:10
1 Timothy
4:3
Revelation
4:11; 10:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2936 matches the Greek κτίζω (ktizō),
which occurs 28 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I solemnly swear to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - So tomorrow at this time I will send a hailstorm more devastating than any in all the history of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 - “Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Is this the way you repay the LORD,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t he your Father who created you?
Has he not made you and established you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:9 - For when he spoke, the world began!
It appeared at his command.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:10 - Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a loyal spirit within me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - You created north and south.
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - Remember how short my life is,
how empty and futile this human existence!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - Let this be recorded for future generations,
so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:30 - When you give them your breath,[fn] life is created,
and you renew the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:5 - Let every created thing give praise to the LORD,
for he issued his command, and they came into being.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 - “The LORD formed me from the beginning,
before he created anything else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11 - Between the city walls, you build a reservoir
for water from the old pool.
But you never ask for help from the One who did all this.
You never considered the One who planned this long ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - I create the light and make the darkness.
I send good times and bad times.
I, the LORD, am the one who does these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - “Open up, O heavens,
and pour out your righteousness.
Let the earth open wide
so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together.
I, the LORD, created them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 - I will call a swift bird of prey from the east—
a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding.
I have said what I would do,
and I will do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - “I have created the blacksmith
who fans the coals beneath the forge
and makes the weapons of destruction.
And I have created the armies that destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you wander,
my wayward daughter?
For the LORD will cause something new to happen—
Israel will embrace her God.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - You were in Eden,
the garden of God.
Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone[fn]—
red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone,
blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper,
blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald—
all beautifully crafted for you
and set in the finest gold.
They were given to you
on the day you were created.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15 - “You were blameless in all you did
from the day you were created
until the day evil was found in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:4 - “I have been the LORD your God
ever since I brought you out of Egypt.
You must acknowledge no God but me,
for there is no other savior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For the LORD is the one who shaped the mountains,
stirs up the winds, and reveals his thoughts to mankind.
He turns the light of dawn into darkness
and treads on the heights of the earth.
The LORD God of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:9 - The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors?
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