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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)
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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 15 times in 13 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:4 - “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:19 - For there will be greater anguish in those days than at any time since God created the world. And it will never be so great again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:25 - They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:9 - And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:10 - For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:9 - I was chosen to explain to everyone[fn] this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:24 - Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:16 - for through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:10 - Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:3 - They will say it is wrong to be married and wrong to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten with thanks by faithful people who know the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:11 - “You are worthy, O Lord our God,
to receive glory and honor and power.
For you created all things,
and they exist because you created what you pleased.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:6 - He swore an oath in the name of the one who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and everything in them, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it. He said, “There will be no more delay.
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