Create, Creation, Creator, Creature

Create, Creation, Creator, Creature

'''A — 1: κτίζω (Strong'S #2936 — Verb — ktizo — ktid'-zo )

used among the Greeks to mean the founding of a place, a city or colony, signifies, in Scripture, "to create," always of the act of God, whether (a) in the natural creation,  Mark 13:19;  Romans 1:25 (where the title "The Creator" translates the article with the aorist participle of the verb);   1 Corinthians 11:9;  Ephesians 3:9;  Colossians 1:16;  1 Timothy 4:3;  Revelation 4:11;  10:6 , or (b) in the spiritual creation,  Ephesians 2:10,15;  4:24;  Colossians 3:10 . See Make.

'''B — 1: κτίσις (Strong'S #2937 — Noun Feminine — ktisis — ktis'-is )

primarily "the act of creating," or "the creative act in process," has this meaning in  Romans 1:20;  Galatians 6:15 . Like the English word "creation," it also signifies the product of the "creative" act, the "creature," as in  Mark 16:15 , Rv;  Romans 1:25;  8:19;  Colossians 1:15 etc.; in   Hebrews 9:11 , Av, "building." In  Mark 16:15;  Colossians 1:23 its significance has special reference to mankind in general. As to its use in   Galatians 6:15;  2 Corinthians 5:17 , in the former, apparently, "the reference is to the creative act of God, whereby a man is introduced into the blessing of salvation, in contrast to circumcision done by human hands, which the Judaizers claimed was necessary to that end. In  2 Corinthians 5:17 the reference is to what the believer is in Christ; in consequence of the creative act he has become a new creature."* [*From Notes on Galatians, by Hogg and Vine, p. 339.]

 1 Peter 2:13BuildingOrdinance.

'''B — 2: κτίσμα (Strong'S #2938 — Noun Neuter — ktisma — ktis'-mah )

has the concrete sense, "the created thing, the creature, the product of the creative act,"  1 Timothy 4:4;  James 1:18;  Revelation 5:13;  8:9 .

'''B — 3: κτίστης (Strong'S #2939 — Noun Masculine — ktistes — ktis-tace' )

among the Greeks, the founder of a city, etc., denotes in Scripture "the Creator,"  1 Peter 4:19 (cp.   Romans 1:20 , under B, No. 1, above).

 Romans 1:20,21

'''B — 4: ζῷον (Strong'S #2226 — Noun Neuter — zoon — dzo'-on )

"a living creature:" see Beast.