Greek noun (feminine) · G2937
κτίσις
ktisisktis'-is
a founding, settling, foundation (cl.).; In LXX and NT
18 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ktísis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2937is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2937
original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: building, creation, creature, ordinance.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ktisis is rendered "a founding, settling, foundation (cl.).; In LXX and NT". It stands 18 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a founding, settling, foundation (cl.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 10:6However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
Mark 10:6κτίσεως
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's eighteen uses are in Romans.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a founding, settling, foundation (cl.)., and In LXX and NT.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a founding, settling, foundation (cl.). | Tagged as
| WhereMark 10:6However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ |
| In LXX and NT__(a) the act of creating, creation | Tagged as
| WhereMark 10:6However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κτίσεως8
- κτίσις7
- κτίσει3
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular8N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular7N-NSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3N-DSF
Mark
two uses
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- κτίσεωςktiseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of creation
For those will be days of tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.
- κτίσεωςktiseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of creation
Romans
seven uses
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
- κτίσεωςktiseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: creation
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.
- κτίσειktiseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: created thing
The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
- κτίσεωςktiseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: creation
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
- κτίσιςktisisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: creation
that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
- κτίσιςktisisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: creation
We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
- κτίσιςktisisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: creation
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- κτίσιςktisisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: created thing
2 Corinthians
one use
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- κτίσιςktisisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: creation
Galatians
one use
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- κτίσιςktisisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: creation
Colossians
two uses
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- κτίσεωςktiseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: creation
if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
- κτίσειktiseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: creation
Hebrews
two uses
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- κτίσιςktisisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: creature
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.
- κτίσεωςktiseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: creation
1 Peter
one use
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
- κτίσειktiseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: institution
2 Peter
one use
“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
- κτίσεωςktiseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of creation
Revelation
one use
To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.
- κτίσεωςktiseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: creation
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.