Greek noun (neuter) · G2938
κτίσμα
ktismaktis'-mah
(cl.) a colony.; a created thing, creature
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ktísma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2938is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2938
an original formation (concretely), i.e. product (created thing)
The King James renders it: creature.
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
ktisma is rendered "(cl.) a colony.; a created thing, creature". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "(cl.) a colony.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
1 Timothy 4:4κτίσμα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: (cl.) a colony., and a created thing, creature.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| (cl.) a colony. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be… |
| a created thing, creature1Ti.4:4, Jas.1:18, Rev.5:13 8:9.† (AS) | Tagged as
| Where1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be… |
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 4, 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
- κτίσμα2
- κτισμάτων1
- κτισμάτων.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural2N-GPN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1N-NSN
1 Timothy
one use
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
- κτίσμαktismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: creature
James
one use
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
- κτισμάτων.¶ktismatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: creatures
Revelation
two uses
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”
- κτίσμαktismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: creature
a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- κτισμάτωνktismatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: creatures
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.